ItsABlackThang.com Crossword Puzzle - July 28, 2017
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  •  1 . Slang term used to describe when someone suddenly comes into a lot of money or fame. (ex: After he recorded that hit single he just __ __) 2-wds

  •  5 . Robert __, (played center with the Boston Celtics during the Larry Bird era)

  • 10. Name of the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas that was desegregated in 1957

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

  • 12. Second book of the Old Testament

  • 15. Josh __, (legendary Negro League baseball player that was called the greatest homerun hitter of all time)

  • 16. Reggae artist that recorded the 1999 reggae-gospel album titled Victory

  • 17. Nia Long's character in the 1997 movie Love Jones

  • 18. Slang term for money

  • 19. Dennis __, (he joined the Temptations in 1968 replacing David Ruffin)

  • 20. Mike __, (in 1993 Bill Clinton appointed him Secretary of Agriculture)

  • 22. Wallace D. ___, (a co-founder of the Nation of Islam)

  • 25. __ Lightning, (1977 Richard Pryor movie about Black stock car racer Wendell Scott)

  • 27. Franco __, (former Pittsburgh Steeler RB that helped lead them to 4 Super Bowl titles)

  • 28. __ Townsend, (directed the 1987 movie Hollywood Shuffle)

  • 31. __ Field, (Green Bay Packer's homefield)

  • 32. Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable founded the first settlement in this northern city

  • 33. Lewis Latimer was a member of this inventors research team

  • 34. __ High, (1975 movie about an inner-city Chicago high school in the early 1960's)

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  •  2 . For the first two years of the Civil War his administration argued that the war wasn't over slavery

  •  3 . Cameo's huge 1986 hit song from the album with the same name

  •  4 . Shirt brand or Venetian explorer

  •  5 . Alan __, (football All-American at Notre Dame in 1966 and 6-time All-Pro with the Minnesota Vikings)

  •  6 . A __ in the Sun, (Lorraine Hansberry's classic play)

  •  7 . First NFL running back to gain 2000 yards in a single season

  •  8 . Jackie __, (1950's hard bop alto saxophonist that recorded with great artists such as Charlie Parker, Monk, and Art Blakey)

  •  9 . Trademarks

  • 13. Sports greats Dion or Barry

  • 14. __ of Love, (Isley Jasper Isley's 1985 hit song)

  • 15. Errol Louis __, (in 1958 he became the first Black pianist to give a concert a Carnegie Hall)

  • 20. Waiting To __, (Terry McMillian's best-selling novel)

  • 21. Egyptian tomb

  • 23. __ White Band, (funk/jazz band that had the 1975 hit Pick Up The Pieces)

  • 24. He starred in the TV series Roc and also starred in Alien 3

  • 25. Mike Tyson's ex-wife

  • 26. He found his thrill on Blueberry Hill

  • 29. __ Rubber On Me, (Gap Band's 1980 hit sing)

  • 30. Civil Rights organization founded by MLK Jr., Ralph Abernathy and other activists)

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