Black History Project Crossword Puzzle

5. ALI / DAUGHTER OF LEGENDARY BOXER ALI
6. SMITH / "J" WAS HIS NAME AGAINST ALIENS
8. FLOWERS / WON A GOLD MEDAL FOR BOBSLEDDING, WINTER OLYMPIC, IN 2002
10. ANGELOU / IN 1998, "DOWN IN THE DELTA "
11. DART |NICKNAMES "BLACK FOX" & "CALICO COWBOY"
13. HANSBERRY / FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PRODUCE A DRAMA ON BROADWAY
17. ALI / " LIFE IS LIKE A BOXING MATCH. DEFEAT IS DECLARED NOT WHEN YOU FALL, BUT WHEN YOU REFUSED TO STAND AGAIN"
19. HOLLOWAY / SOUL HITS," EVERY LITTLE BITS HURT "
21. KING / ONE OF MUSIC'S BEST-REGARDED PERFORMERS
22. TURNER / RECORD,:RIVER DEEP " & "MOUNTAIN HIGH"
24. L. WATSON / JUDGE FOR U.S COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
25. WINFREY / HAS HER OWN SHOW SINCE 1986
26. BLAIR | WAS THE SECOND BLACK INVENTOR TO ISSUED A PATENT

1. EASELY / OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATH
2. BOONE | PATENTED AN IMPROVEMENT IRONING BOARD
3. F. YARDLEY / ONE OF TENNESSEE'S MOST OUTSPOKEN OUTSPOKEN CITIZENS
4. E. BASHEN | THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE TO HOLD A PATENT FOR A SOFTWARE INVENTION
7. HUGHES / WROTE " NOT WITH LAUGHTER "
9. JEMISON / THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE TO GO INTO SPACE
12. OBAMA / "THE FIRST LADY"
14. CHAPPELLE / RECEIVED AN EXCEPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL FROM NASA
15. BLUFORD / FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE TO GO INTO SPACE
16. JORDAN / WON ELECTION TO THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
17. JACKSON / " KING OF POP"
18. W. STEWART / EARLIEST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO LECTURE IN PUBLIC
20. ASHE / TOP RANKED TENNIS PLAYER IN THE 1960'S& 70'S
21. CARSON | BY 1982 WAS CHIEF RESIDENT IN NEUROSURGERY AT JOHN HOPKINS
23. HALEY / BEST KNOWN FOR CREATOR OF "ROOTS"
24. P. PARKER / HELPED HUNDREDS OF SLAVES TO FREEDOM IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN OHIO
25. BOYSKIN | INVENTED AN IMPROVED ELECTRICAL RESISTOR