Book event - Black Crosswords: In Our Own Words
Sat, Nov 15
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Join us for an afternoon celebrating Black Crosswords: In Our Own Words! Meet the creator behind the work, hear reflections, and get your copy signed! Only at Sankofa!
Time & Location
Nov 15, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
Celebrate Black culture and pop history in this unique and engaging collection of crosswords for puzzlers of all skill levels!
The Original Black Puzzle Experience™
Sit back and enjoy. Flex your knowledge and learn hundreds of factoids in the first installment of this engaging puzzle series!
Nationally syndicated puzzle creator of the Essence and Ebony crosswords, and creator of BlackCrosswords.com, Jan Buckner Walker offers a new collection of crossword puzzles highlighting Black culture and its contributions to North American pop culture and history. From Lorraine Hansberry and N.K. Jemison, to Beyoncé, Barack Obama, Motown and Shonda Rhimes, BlackCrosswords: In Our Own Words covers the wide breadth of the legacy Black Americans have left on history, sports, literature, music, and politics—with a side of quotable wisdom!
A self-professed “word nerd,” Jan Buckner Walker majored in journalism at Howard University, before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she served on the prestigious Penn Law…