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- 3. You may have heard of this Prince of Motown Through the Grapevine
- 4. The credited Godfather of Go-Go music, a local subgenre of funk
- 5. Legendary music and film producer responsible for Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall", "Thriller", and "Bad"
- 7. Engineer who invented the first cartridge-based video game console, the Fairchild Channel F
- 10. Compton born and raised, he writes critically acclaimed music about Black empowerment
- 11. Engineer who was pivotal to NASA's early space program and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015
- 12. NASA and energy scientist most well-known for inventing the Super Soaker water gun
- 15. Groundbreaking viral immunologist and UMBC grad, who is helping to lead NIH in its Covid vaccine research
- 16. Mathematician and physician, who became the first African American woman in space in 1992
- 17. Revolutionary actor, who became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
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- 1. Real life hero, who brought legendary Black heroes to life while fighting his own battle with cancer
- 2. The first African-American to earn a Doctorate of Science, he broke barriers in blood transfusions
- 6. Scholar and educator, who as president of UMBC, transformed it into a leader for minority scholarship
- 8. A member of the Fugees, her "Miseducation" became one of the best-selling albums of all time
- 9. Sir Duke himself, jazz composer who helped develop the distinctive American swing sound
- 13. Multi-talented singer and actor, who received an Academy Award for his role as blues icon Ray Charles
- 14. One of the greatest guitarists of all time, who told us to be Bold as Love