Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. Weldon Johnson / I wrote the national black anthem, who am I?
  2. 6. McDaniel / First African American to win an Oscar.
  3. 8. Parks / Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
  4. 9. Lowrey / First black lawyer to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  5. 10. Bureau / Established in 1865 to help former black slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  6. 11. Rock / First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court.
Down
  1. 1. Woodson / Known as the father of black history.
  2. 2. Rock Nine / The first black teenagers to attend an all white high school in Arkansas.
  3. 4. CJ Walker / Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove.
  4. 5. Vreeland Jones / Suffolk Law's first African American graduate.
  5. 7. Marshall / First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.