5  Lawerence Hilton- __, (he starred in the 1975 movie Cooley High)

10 Hank Aaron played his final two years with this baseball team

11 Susan __, (in 1870 she became the first Black woman to graduate from a New York state medical school)

12 __ Dogg, (George Clinton's classic hit)

15 Archie Bell & The __, (group that cut the 1968 hit, Tighten Up)

16 First Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol __ Braun

17 Intricate marching movement by fraternities and sororities

18 Mahalia Jackson was one of the best at this song of praise

19 According to Genesis, God promised to give him and his family the land called Canaan

20 Erykah __, (jazzy singer some have compared to Billie Holiday)

22 Everette ___, (jazz saxophonist)

25 She was Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress

27 Rube __, (one of the founders of the Negro National League baseball organization)

28 President Clinton appointed her as the first Black female Surgeon General

31 This African country is bordered by Sierra Leone and Guinea

32 Ira __, (in 1833 he became the first Black to portray Othello on an English stage)

33 __ Norman, (famed opera singer)

34 Snipes and De Niro 1996 film about an obsessed baseball aficionado

 2  Bob Marley hit song used as Jamaica's tourism theme song

 3  Above __ __, (1994 movie about a high school basketball player trying to make it to the NBA)

 4  Diane ___, (Civil Rights activist that organized "Freedom Rides" in the 1960's and helped desegregate lunch counters in Nashville)

 5  __ The Two Of Us, (Bill Wither provided the vocals on this 1980 Grover Washington Jr. hit)

 6  She cut the 1989 hip-hop/jazz hit Buffalo Stance

 7  First Black mayor of Los Angeles

 8  Colonel ___, (he cut the dance hit Trapped which went to No.1 in 1985)

 9  Lewis Latimer was a key member of this inventors research team

13 Deep-dish pie

14 Sidney ___, (jazz trumpeter that recorded with Don Redman & Sidney Bechet in the 1940's)

15 Family act on the Motown label that recorded the 1983 album In a Special Way

20 Angela ___, (she had the 1978 hit single, This Time I'll Be Sweeter)

21 He was the first to settle what became Chicago, Illinois

23 Coming to __, (1988 movie staring Eddie Murphy)

24 Zodiac sign

25 Former boxer who's nickname is "Hitman"

26 Sister __, (they cut the 1979 family reunion favorite We Are Family)

29 ___ Archibald, (former NBA great)

30 One half of the rap duo that had the 1986 chart topper Push It