Black History Month Official Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. McNair earned his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became one of the first Black Americans selected as __________ by NASA
  2. 4. He was the first African American U.S. Suprime Court Justice
  3. 7. This month is known as the Black History Month
  4. 9. Hiran Rodes Revels was the first African American elected for the U.S. Senate. He represented the __________ state.
  5. 10. She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man nine months before Rosa Parks famously did.
  6. 11. Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to win an Olympic ______ medal.
  7. 12. She was the first licensed African American female pilot
Down
  1. 1. Most people who've heard of her will tell you one or two things: She was the first black millionairess, and she invented the world's first hair-straightening formula and/or the hot comb.
  2. 3. Dr. Alexa Canaday was the first African American women __________ in the United States
  3. 5. She escaped from slavery and then became one of the most celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad
  4. 6. He was the first African American to play on the Major League Baseball
  5. 8. She was the first black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State