en CR Texas Black History 38 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

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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

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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

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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