Hues BHM - Pioneers of Black American History

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Across
  1. 2. First black female elected to the US Congress and first to campaign for the Democratic party presidential nomination in 1972.
  2. 5. First black heavyweight boxing champion (1908-1915).
  3. 7. First black chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93).
  4. 11. Black female artist inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and born in Memphis.
  5. 13. First black winner of a Grammy award (1958).
  6. 14. Second black recipient of The American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and born in Memphis.
  7. 16. The US state with largest black population.
  8. 17. First black millionaire from the South and from Memphis.
  9. 22. The US metropolitan area with the largest black population among the Top 78 US metropolitan areas.
  10. 23. First black woman, and a Texan, to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in 1976.
  11. 24. Black male artist inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and born in Memphis.
Down
  1. 1. Holiday that was first celebrated in the state of Texas in 1866.
  2. 3. Famous black neighborhood in Memphis which grew to become 2nd only to Harlem in size by the 1970s.
  3. 4. First black person to serve on the Supreme Court (1967-1991).
  4. 6. First black male Best Actor winner at the Academy Awards (1963).
  5. 8. Black SNL cast member born in Memphis.
  6. 9. First black person named Time Magazine "Person of the Year" (1964).
  7. 10. First black female Best Actor winner at the Academy Awards (2001).
  8. 12. First black employee of Archer Malmo (1979-2001).
  9. 15. First black female billionaire.
  10. 18. First black female secretary of state from 2005 - 2009.
  11. 19. First black Oscar winner (1940).
  12. 20. First black Wimbledon champion (1957).
  13. 21. Black candidate for President in the 2012 Republican primary and born in Memphis.