Black History Month extra credit

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Across
  1. 5. Olympic gymnast who won 11 Olympic medals
  2. 6. Became an inventor and scientist that invented the peanut
  3. 8. Made magazines that black people could read; also had 15 siblings
  4. 9. Creator of jazz poetry and wrote novels, stories, essays, and plays
  5. 14. Won 4 Olympic gold medals in track and field
  6. 15. First black woman to win a lawsuit against a white man
  7. 16. First African American students to go to a white school
  8. 18. The first USA born African American woman to travel to space
Down
  1. 1. Had the most NBA championship rings and won 5 MVP awards
  2. 2. Won a local beauty pageant at age 17 and more than 150 countries watched her show
  3. 3. Activist and poet and fought against racism
  4. 4. First African American woman to win an Oscar award and was the first black woman to sing on the radio
  5. 5. Invented the laser Phacoprobe and also could improve peoples vision
  6. 7. First African American to have a PHD
  7. 10. First black woman to win a national title
  8. 11. Youngest of 20 kids and only one who knew literature and also was the first woman at U.S. Congress
  9. 12. Won 23 grand slam championships
  10. 13. African American inventor that created the elevator
  11. 17. Won NBA finals in 2022 and showed skill can beat size