4  __ Jones, (1974 kung fu action flick about a self-defense school in Watts combating the Mafia) (9)

 9  J.B __, (in 1949 he bought and operated the first Black radio station in Atlanta) (7)

10 He was the first Black anchor on CNN (7)

11 Charlie __, (he played tenor sax in the Thelonius Monk Quartet) (5)

13 Number two on the baseball homerun list (5)

15 Leader of the 1980's band The Time (3)

16 Style of Jamaican music (3)

17 He won four gold medals in track & field at the 1936 Olympics (5)

19 He produced the award winning 2001 documentary on Jazz (5)

21 Eddie Murphy movie: ____ Professor (5)

23 Barney__, (thought to be past his prime but he won three medals in track and field at the 1948 Olympics) (5)

24 The ___, (Snipes & De Niro 2006 movie) (3)

25 Anthony William ___, (first Black to obtain a European Medical Doctorate) (3)

26 Famed pianist, composer & band leader during the big band era in the 1930's and 40's (5)

28 J. Terry __, (in 1953 he became the first Black bishop in the state of Tenn.) (5)

29 Former middleweight champ that beat Hitman Hearns, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran (7)

31 The __ Man, (Keenan Ivory Wayans and Steven Seagal team up in this 1996 action-thriller) (7)

33 In 1901 this President created a scandal when he invited Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner (9)

34 He played the bartender on the classic TV series The Love Boat (5)

 1  Basketball legend known as The Big O (9)

 2  1973 vampire movie starring William Marshall and Pam Grier (7)

 3  He led one of the most famous slave uprisings (3)

 4  Jesse __, (in 1908 he founded the first Black bank-owned bank in Chicago) (5)

 5  Funk band that had the 1975 hit Cut the Cake, (initials)  (3)

 6  Sacred writings of Islam (5)

 7  Boxer with the nickname "Real Deal" (7)

 8  __ Riley, (creator of the 1980's New Jack Swing style of music) (5)

12 One of John H. Johnson' s publications (5)

14 __ Perez, (she co-starred in the 1992 movie White Men Can't Jump)  (5)

18 Civil Rights activist who was assassinated in front of his Mississippi home in 1963 (5)

19 This team won six NBA titles in the 1990's (5)

20 David ___, (had the Grammy Award winning 1981 album Voyeur)  (9)

22 One Down __ __ __, (low budget 1983 movie starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown and R. Roundtree) (7)

24 He starred in Kiss the Girls and The Shawshank Redemption  (7)

25 Albert __ (1936-1970), (pre-bebop jazz saxophonist that used shrieks and wide register leaps to express his emotion) (5)

26 Eubie __, (legendary pianist and composer of ragtime and show tunes) (5)

27 Number of grammy's Michael Jackson won for the album Thriller  (5)

30 Ruby __, (she had a lead role in the classic film A Raisin in the Sun)  (3)

32 Sick (3)