Black People & Events - 1940s

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Across
  1. 2. First Black athlete to play in the major leagues (Last).
  2. 3. Poet who published A Street In Bronzeville (First).
  3. 6. ___ Black Barons, a Negro League which played it's home games at Rickwood Field.
  4. 9. Duke Ellington's first name
  5. 11. Black athlete who played in the Negro and Major Leagues (Last).
Down
  1. 1. Saxophonist with the album "Giant Steps" (Last)
  2. 4. The ___ V Campaign was a slogan meaning for victory.
  3. 5. Patton's ___ was a military group in WWII containing african americans.
  4. 7. The first african american woman to get a Phd. in chemistry (First)
  5. 8. Actress and singer who performed in Stormy Weather (Last).
  6. 10. Made songs like "I'm your Hoochie Coochie man" (Last)