Periodic Table of Black History Month

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Across
  1. 6. Conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, 57
  2. 7. “Look Both Ways” author, 44
  3. 10. “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” author, 23
  4. 12. US Air Force airman turned actor, 48
  5. 14. Inventor who’s precision wire resistor led to the modern day pacemaker, 8
  6. 15. Silhouettist who explores racial and gender stereotypes through art, 90
Down
  1. 1. Inventor of the traffic light and gas mask, 18
  2. 2. First Black woman in space, 20
  3. 3. First Black woman elected to congress, 14
  4. 4. Childish Gambino, 79
  5. 5. First Lady of the Struggle, 55
  6. 8. Orange Is The New Black actress, 31
  7. 9. Last surviving Big Six Civil Rights activist, 33
  8. 11. Musical activist who supported civil and First Nation rights, 78
  9. 13. Abolitionist who attended the Seneca Falls Convention, 3