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"African American Crosswords" Update Released to Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Longtime puzzle constructor Ophelia R. M. Banks today unveiled her latest, thought-provoking work, "African American Crossword Puzzles and Other Word Games + Sudoku," offering audiences a captivating blend of entertainment, education, and cultural enlightenment. This innovative book is an ode to the rich body of African American historical, cultural, scientific, political, and other achievements through a variety of engaging puzzles.

Embracing a theme in each puzzle, her latest work promises an immersive journey through recent events and pivotal moments in Black culture. From Barack Obama's historic ascendancy to the presidency to Beyonce's Cowboy Carter to the groundbreaking appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, each crossword puzzle and word game explores significant milestones and personalities within the African American community.

Edited by Jerry Grayson, the book's crosswords follow a standard, symmetrical format, challenging enthusiasts while offering an enjoyable experience. Alongside these, readers can work on search puzzles, crisscross puzzles, cryptic quotations, and logic problems. This edition also introduces a diverse range of sudoku puzzles, catering to varying difficulty levels from "very easy" to "hard."

"African American Crossword Puzzles and Other Word Games + Sudoku" celebrates accomplishment, heritage, resilience, and innovation. Whether solving crosswords or deciphering encrypted texts, readers are invited to engage with the rich culture of African American history in an entertaining and enlightening manner.

About the Main Image

The Civil War work party above includes mainly African American troops, probably of the Twenty-fifth Corps. A few may have been veterans of the famed 54th Massachusetts, the unit that led the 1863 second assault on Fort Wagner, S.C.

About the Sidebar Image

The stylish young man striking a distinctive pose did so somewhere around 1900. The photographer: W.E.B. DuBois. (Yes, skillz.)