Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. invented the dustpan in 1897
  2. 5. completed the four-year course of study in only three years at Dartmouth College class of 1907
  3. 7. invented a clothes dryer that used heat from a stove in 1892
  4. 8. has one of the highest success rates in the country getting their graduates into medical school
  5. 9. is the largest woman’s organization
Down
  1. 1. revolutionized the whaling industry with his invention of the toggle harpoon in 1848
  2. 2. only African American engineer/scientist member of the elite Edison Pioneers research and development organization
  3. 3. invented a bread-making machine that mixed the ingredients and kneaded the dough in 1895
  4. 4. whose father was African and mother was a Nantucket Indian, became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre.
  5. 6. credited with being the first African American to hold a U.S. patent. The patent, which was issued in 1821, was for a dry cleaning process