Black History Month Crossword

I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

• Ruby Bridges

• Hattie McDaniel

• Aretha Franklin

• Oprah Winfrey

I created specialized hair products for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. Who am I?

• Patricia Bath

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Mary Mahoney

• Alexa Canady

I was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. I am best known for the many uses I devised for the peanut. Who am I?

• George Washington Carver

• Percy Julian

• Ben Carson

• MIchael Jackson

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Michelle Obama

• Oprah Winfrey

• Shirley Chisholm

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

• Charley Pride

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Colin Powell

Segregation laws .......

• made sure children went to school.

• kept black people and white people separate.

• made sure all people could vote.

• kept people from driving too fast.

I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights.  I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.  I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.

• Frederick Douglass

• Michael Jackson

• Booker T. Washington

• Michael Jordan

Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?

• Charles G. Woodson, 1926

• Woody Charles, 1936

Who is the "Father of Black History?"

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Carter G. Woodson

• Abraham Lincoln

Rosa Parks became famous because she...

• was the first black woman elected as governor.

• wrote the Constitution of the United States.

• refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man.

• led her fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.