1 Nicknamed “Hammer,” he hit 755 home runs.2 He succeeded MLK Jr. as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.3 A millionaire and former Democratic National Committee chairman who also served as commerce secretary under President Clinton.4 Born in Brooklyn in 1924, she ran for president in 1972.5 5 She rose to the office of surgeon general.6 With a racket, she crossed a color line.7 Cuba Gooding Jr. played him in the Oscar-winning “Selma.” Or the director of “Straight Outta Compton.”8 Harlem Renaissance poet, via Joplin, Mo.9 John Singleton, Lee Daniels, Steve McQueen and __________ are the only black directors nominated for an Academy Award.10 10 "This is CNN," he intones. Also, the voice of Darth Vader in the early Star Wars films.11 He swooshed to the hoop and legendary status.12 A congressman, he was nearly beaten to death in 1965 near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

13 He made “the Catch” in the 1954 World Series.14 She was born near the U.S. Capitol and is a non-voting member of the House of Representatives.15 The 44th16 His number was retired by all of Major League Baseball, the first and only time a jersey number has been retired throughout an entire pr entire professional sports league.17 She wrote a memoir that detailed her suffering as a slave and asked “Ar’n’t I a woman?” at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.18 A "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.19 This family has no shortage of directors, screenwriters, comedians and actors.20 A black professor who offered searing critiques of President Obama.21 21 Landing on her couch would have landed your book on The New York Times best-sellers list.22 The first black mayor of Detroit.

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JuneteenthMonday, June 19, 2017 Will Shortz and Adeel Hassan