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