Black History Month Facts

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Across
  1. 1. patented the fire extinguisher
  2. 3. credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.
  3. 4. oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball and continued to play until he was 47.
  4. 5. was the one and only female Buffalo Soldier, posed as a man
  5. 7. notorious for their Afros, dark apparel, and willingness for armed self-defense
  6. 9. he negotiated the release of Lt. Robert O. Goodman, Jr., a black pilot who had been shot down over Syria in 1983
  7. 11. she started college when she was only 15 and studied political science
  8. 12. he won the first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance
Down
  1. 2. first black woman elected to Congress
  2. 6. only California community founded, financed and governed by African-Americans
  3. 8. university that was first institution of higher education founded for African-Americans
  4. 10. first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic games