Reconstruction
Founded at the end of Reconstruction, Nicodemus in this "Sunflower State" was the 1st Black settlement west of the Mississippi
Kansas
2021 Pro Bowlers at this position included
Josh Allen,
Russell Wilson &
Patrick Mahomes
Quarterback
After catching 417 passes for the Bengals, Cris Collinsworth grabbed a law degree from the univ. of this city
Cincinnati
The monkey puzzle tree has its roots in this dino period 200 million years ago
Jurassic
Roger Federer: "Growing up, Diego Maradona... inspired me. Now (this Argentine) can inspire future generations"
Lionel Messi
In 1872 the Union general this D.C. HBCU was named for wrote about "the cosmopolitan character of the university"
Howard
Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, of this NFC East team: "Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun"
The New York Giants
Buchtel College, opened in 1872, is now called the university of this "Rubber Capital of the World"
Akron
Honey bees fill small baskets of specialized hairs on their hind legs with this powder
Pollen
This novelist "was able to describe the attack on him" in 2022 "as he was speaking about the U.S. as a safe place for exiled writers"
Salman Rushdie
This famous orator said his time as president of the failing Freedman's Bank was like being married to a corpse. Show Image: https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-09-14_J_03.jpg
Federick Douglas
Video games bearing the name of this late legendary NFL coach & broadcaster have made over $7 billion in sales
Madden
"X" marks the spot at this Jesuit Catholic university that officially went co-ed in 1969
Xavier
Biologists prefer "transitional form" instead of this 2-word term for an intermediate species connecting, say, humans & apes
A missing link
In other movie roles or as "The Queen of Wakanda, we believe in you because you believe in yourself"
Angela Bassett
General Sickles called these folks "Northern people, who... have settled within the Southern states since the war"
Carpetbaggers
He went 36-44 as head coach of the Browns; he's had a bit more success in New England
Bill Belichick
In 2012 this Ohio univ. opened its May 4 Visitors Center to place a 1970 event in historical, political & social context
This spiny, globular "sea" creature has an apparatus called Aristotle's lantern that lets it scrape algae from rocks & munch away
An (sea) urchin
He "has been on the Supreme Court for 17 years. But in 2022, he cemented his legacy"
Samuel Alito
In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman
Robert Smalls
Last name of the man who said, "Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble" but whose trophy carries the ball with one hand
Heisman
Shows at Eva Marie Saint Theatre are cursed if Alice the ghost isn't invited by the stage manager at BGSU, this state university
Bowling Green State University
The nictitating membrane on a crocodile that helps it see underwater is often called the third this
An eyelid
She's the only one "to serve as the president's Chief Economic Adviser, the Vice Chair & Chair of the Fed" & Treasury Secretary
Janet Yellen