1. Down 1. During the 1800s, this former slave was an important abolitionist who spoke against the evils of slavery 3. This man was famous as an educator, public speaker and advisor to presidents of the United States 4. This woman was important as both an abolitionist and promoter of women rights until the 1880s. 5. World War II pilots who fought bravely for their country. 6. This woman was a key leader in the Underground Railroad. After gaining her own freedom, she returned to the south 17 times to help over 300 slaves escape to freedom. 7. This former leader of the Nation of Islam later believed all people are equal and should be treated with respect and dignity. 8. In 1967, he became a United States Supreme Court Justice Across 2. This woman refused to give up her bus seat, in 1955, which eventually led to integration of the Montgomery Alabama bus system. Across 9. He was a non- violent preacher, during the 1950s – 1960s best known for his role for the advancement of civil rights. 10. This woman became the first female African American in Congress and later, the first woman to seek a presidential nomination in 1972. Tuskegee Airmen, Shirley Chisholm, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X

2. Top of slide Across 2. This inventor greatly helped improve the use of electric light along with many important inventions. 8. This inventor's work on lubrication for trains helped lead to safer trains and at the time, led to the transcontinental railroad. Down 1. He was known as the black Edison and his work helped with telephones, railway telegraphs, furnaces and amusement parks. 3. This inventor was famous for inventing the traffic light and gas mask along with many other inventions in the early 1900s. 4. In the late 1700s, as a free black man, he is remembered as an author, scientist, mathematician, astronomer, publisher and urban planner, assisting in what would become Washington DC. 5. This woman was an entrepreneur and philanthropist and a self-made millionaire as she built an empire with hair-care products at the turn of the 20th century. 6. This doctor was famous for his life saving work with blood transfusions and setting up blood banks. 7. This leader of his day, lived from the 1860s through the 1940s. He was famous as an inventor, scientist, botanist and educator. Benjamin Banneker George Washington Carver Dr. Charles Drew Lewis Latimer Elijah McCoy Garrett Morgan Madam C. J. Walker Granville T. Woods * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

3. Down Across 7. This famous comedian brought a realistic view of the black family into American homes with his television shows 8. This breakthrough actor was first to play the non- stereotypical role found in the movies of the 1920s – 1960s. 9. Satchmo was America’s goodwill ambassador performing for world leaders around the world for decades. 1. He competed in 1936 Olympics and helped prove Hitler’s theories on superior races to be false. 2. Rutgers football star who is remembered more for standing his ground against racial injustice. 3. She wore a brace on her left leg and foot, until she was nine. Eventually she would be considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s, winning 3 gold medals at a single Olympic game. 4. In 1916, it happened briefly for two games, but it is this man who will be remembered for breaking baseball’s color barrier on a continuous basis beginning in 1947. 5. This composer and band leader was famous for over 50 years in the 1900s, as he introduced jazz to the world. 6. She was a celebrated opera singer who gave a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, before a crowd of more than 75,000 people, with millions more listening on the radio. Muhammad Ali Marian Anderson Louis Armstrong Bill Cosby Duke Ellington Jessie Owens Sidney Poitier Paul Robeson Jackie Robinson Wilma Rudolph