Rochester's Black History

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Across
  1. 3. Founded Frederick Douglass Voice newspaper in 1934, noted historian, journalist, activist, and Frederic Douglass expert
  2. 5. Started first Black baseball team in Rochester in 1866. Team was called the Unexpected
  3. 8. First Black settler in Rochester - settled farm in Irondequoit in 1795
  4. 10. Rochester's first licensed Black physician, with a private practice in 1921
  5. 11. Incorporated the Dorsey Home for Dependent Colored Children in 1917
  6. 12. Moved to Rochester in 1970, award winning choreographer and dancer
  7. 14. Scientist, inventor, biologist, and scholar who moved to Rochester in 1952
Down
  1. 1. First Black architect - contributed to the design of Rundel Memorial Library
  2. 2. Activist who came to Rochester in 1891 - founded women's clubs
  3. 4. First Black woman to graduate form the University of Rochester
  4. 6. First Black woman in Rochester Police Department in 1956
  5. 7. Runaway slave who opened meat market in 1816
  6. 9. First Black member of Rochester Police Department, first Black captain
  7. 13. First licensed Black dentist in Rochester