Texas Black History
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Esteban:First black Texan
Bessie:Black aviatrix _ _ _ _ _ _ Coleman from East Texas
Doriemiller:Pearl Harbor hero from Waco
CampLogan:1917 Houston Mutiny
Pickett:Central Texan who invented "bull dogging"
Nicks:Prairie View football coach
Banks:Baseball's "Mr. Cub" grew up in Dallas
Mule:Nickname for Negro Leagues' great John Miles of San Antonio whose bat carried a real kick
Rosenwald:Fund that built almost 500 schools for blacks in Texas
Rafer:Hillsboro native who became Olympic decathlon champion
Dorham:Bebop jazz trumpeter from Austin
Robinson:To be frank, was baseball triple crown winner and first black manager in Major League Baseball
Azie:_ _ _ _ Taylor Morton, first African-American U.S. Treasurer, native of Dale, TX
Greene:Not so mean football great from Temple
Brown:First black mayor of Houston
Jackie:First name of baseball great court martialed at Fort Hood
Post:Houston newspaper for black columnist George McElroy
Zelmo:Prairie View basketball great, played for St. Louis Hawks
Ailey:The dance troupe of this Rogers, TX native received a 20-minute ovation for its performance in Leningrad
Debbie:This Allen's sister starred in the Cosby Show
Biggers:His murals adorn the walls at Texas Southern University
Dooley:This Tyler native played it for Bogey
Upshaw:Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman from Robstown who played for the Oakland Raiders
Tolson:Leader of Wiley College debate team
Sweatt:He was the man who integrated UT Law School
Bubba:Beaumont football star and "Police Academy" actor
Bobby:Dallasite who became leader of Black Panthers
Sample:Crusading jazz pianist from Houston:s Wheatley High School
Rose:Emily West, the " Yellow _ _ _ _"
Fathead:Nickname for tenor saxman Newman from Dallas
Samuel:_ _ _ _ _ _ McCullough, free black man and first casualty of Texas Revolution
Levias:First black football star in Southwest Conference, for Southern Methodist University
Leaks:First black All-American for Univ. of Texas football
Lattin:Houston's first high school basketball All-American and center for Texas Western win over Kentucky
Nighttrain:It was "all aboard" for this Austinite's Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Lions
Beyonce:Her destiny was winning several Grammys and marriage to hip hop mogul
Joplin:the king of ragtime, from Texarkana
Rube:From Calvert, TX, but no country bumpkin, known as the "father of black baseball"
Dickey:"The Lord's Prayer" was first black QB chosen in first round of NFL draft, played at Houston Washington HS and Tennessee State Univ.
Earl:First Heisman winner for UT and sausage king
Texas Black History
Across:1. | Prairie View basketball great, played for St. Louis Hawks | 3. | First black football star in Southwest Conference, for Southern Methodist University | 7. | First Heisman winner for UT and sausage king | 11. | First name of baseball great court martialed at Fort Hood | 12. | Pearl Harbor hero from Waco | 15. | From Calvert, TX, but no country bumpkin, known as the "father of black baseball" | 16. | Fund that built almost 500 schools for blacks in Texas | 18. | Crusading jazz pianist from Houston:s Wheatley High School | 23. | The dance troupe of this Rogers, TX native received a 20-minute ovation for its performance in Leningrad |
| 24. | Emily West, the " Yellow _ _ _ _" | 26. | First black Texan | 28. | "The Lord's Prayer" was first black QB chosen in first round of NFL draft, played at Houston Washington HS and Tennessee State Univ. | 29. | Baseball's "Mr. Cub" grew up in Dallas | 30. | Her destiny was winning several Grammys and marriage to hip hop mogul | 31. | First black All-American for Univ. of Texas football | 33. | Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman from Robstown who played for the Oakland Raiders | 35. | He was the man who integrated UT Law School | 37. | 1917 Houston Mutiny |
| | Down:2. | Nickname for Negro Leagues' great John Miles of San Antonio whose bat carried a real kick | 4. | _ _ _ _ Taylor Morton, first African-American U.S. Treasurer, native of Dale, TX | 5. | This Allen's sister starred in the Cosby Show | 6. | Bebop jazz trumpeter from Austin | 8. | Hillsboro native who became Olympic decathlon champion | 9. | Nickname for tenor saxman Newman from Dallas | 10. | It was "all aboard" for this Austinite's Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Lions | 13. | To be frank, was baseball triple crown winner and first black manager in Major League Baseball | 14. | the king of ragtime, from Texarkana | 17. | This Tyler native played it for Bogey |
| 19. | Houston's first high school basketball All-American and center for Texas Western win over Kentucky | 20. | Prairie View football coach | 21. | Not so mean football great from Temple | 22. | Black aviatrix _ _ _ _ _ _ Coleman from East Texas | 25. | His murals adorn the walls at Texas Southern University | 27. | Beaumont football star and "Police Academy" actor | 30. | First black mayor of Houston | 32. | _ _ _ _ _ _ McCullough, free black man and first casualty of Texas Revolution | 34. | Houston newspaper for black columnist George McElroy | 36. | Leader of Wiley College debate team |
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Texas Black History
Across:1. | Prairie View basketball great, played for St. Louis Hawks | 3. | First black football star in Southwest Conference, for Southern Methodist University | 7. | First Heisman winner for UT and sausage king | 11. | First name of baseball great court martialed at Fort Hood | 12. | Pearl Harbor hero from Waco | 15. | From Calvert, TX, but no country bumpkin, known as the "father of black baseball" | 16. | Fund that built almost 500 schools for blacks in Texas | 18. | Crusading jazz pianist from Houston:s Wheatley High School | 23. | The dance troupe of this Rogers, TX native received a 20-minute ovation for its performance in Leningrad |
| 24. | Emily West, the " Yellow _ _ _ _" | 26. | First black Texan | 28. | "The Lord's Prayer" was first black QB chosen in first round of NFL draft, played at Houston Washington HS and Tennessee State Univ. | 29. | Baseball's "Mr. Cub" grew up in Dallas | 30. | Her destiny was winning several Grammys and marriage to hip hop mogul | 31. | First black All-American for Univ. of Texas football | 33. | Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman from Robstown who played for the Oakland Raiders | 35. | He was the man who integrated UT Law School | 37. | 1917 Houston Mutiny |
| | Down:2. | Nickname for Negro Leagues' great John Miles of San Antonio whose bat carried a real kick | 4. | _ _ _ _ Taylor Morton, first African-American U.S. Treasurer, native of Dale, TX | 5. | This Allen's sister starred in the Cosby Show | 6. | Bebop jazz trumpeter from Austin | 8. | Hillsboro native who became Olympic decathlon champion | 9. | Nickname for tenor saxman Newman from Dallas | 10. | It was "all aboard" for this Austinite's Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Lions | 13. | To be frank, was baseball triple crown winner and first black manager in Major League Baseball | 14. | the king of ragtime, from Texarkana | 17. | This Tyler native played it for Bogey |
| 19. | Houston's first high school basketball All-American and center for Texas Western win over Kentucky | 20. | Prairie View football coach | 21. | Not so mean football great from Temple | 22. | Black aviatrix _ _ _ _ _ _ Coleman from East Texas | 25. | His murals adorn the walls at Texas Southern University | 27. | Beaumont football star and "Police Academy" actor | 30. | First black mayor of Houston | 32. | _ _ _ _ _ _ McCullough, free black man and first casualty of Texas Revolution | 34. | Houston newspaper for black columnist George McElroy | 36. | Leader of Wiley College debate team |
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