| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| BOOKERTWASHINGTON | First African-American on a US stamp |
| RITADOVE | First African-American US poet laureate |
| ASHE | First African-American US Open champ |
| CORY | ... Booker (Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law graduate, and New Jersey's first African-American US senator) |
| IRV | ... Cross, first African-American full-time sports analyst on national TV |
| ERNIE | ... Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman |
| POITIER | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| PEETE | First African-American golfer with 12 P.G.A. Tour wins |
| ASHE | First African-American selected for a U.S. Davis Cup team |
| LLOYD | Earl ..., first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
