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Down: 1) became a US Senator in 1893 and served until his death; endorsed the building of the Panama Canal, war with Spain in 1898, and the acquisition of the Philippines as well as other territories in the Pacific5) became the founder of the Black Entertainment Television, known as BET; became the first African American billionaire6) graduated from Harvard in 1941; served in WW2; elected to the US Senate from Massachusetts in 1953; published "Profiles in Courage" which received the Pulitzer Prize in history; elected President of the US and was famous for his inaugural speech "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country"; assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963 Across: 2) created a skin cream that would help people look younger; built a global cosmetic company; credited with pioneering the marketing idea of receiving a gift with a purchase3) the first pilot to complete a nonstop, solo transatlantic flight; flew from the US to Paris aboard his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis; nicknamed "Lucky Lindy" and "Lone Eagle"; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross; helped design the Boeing 747; published The Spirit of St. Louis in 1953 which won a Pulitzer Prize4) educated at West Point; sent to France in WW1 where he distinguished himself at the second battle of the Marne; the youngest divisional commander in the field; Chief of Staff of the Army from 1930-1935; put in charge of the Philippines after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; ended his career with an address to the US Congress where he said, "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away"7) famous Civil Rights Leader; graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 and received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Boston University in 1955;his I Have a Dream speech given in 1963 became famous; at the age of 35 he became the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize; assassinated in Memphis, TN in 19688) opened his own restaurant in Georgia; challenged the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by refusing to desegregate; lost his challenge in court and chose to close his restaurant rather than desegregate; elected governor of Georgia in 1966; most controversial event of his term was his decision not to lower the flags to half staff following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

 

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