Civil Rights Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The legal right to vote in elections
  2. 4. Separation of people by race
  3. 6. Group that promoted community programs and Black self-defense
  4. 12. Movement fighting for rights and equality for Mexican Americans
  5. 13. Efforts to improve schools and equal access to education
  6. 15. Movement encouraging Black pride, political power, and community control
  7. 16. Workers stopping work to protest unfair conditions
  8. 18. Group of workers organized to protect their rights
  9. 19. Leader who promoted nonviolent protest for civil rights
  10. 20. Student protests demanding better schools for Mexican American students
  11. 21. Leader who organized farm workers and fought for better working conditions
  12. 22. Refusing to buy or use something as a protest
  13. 24. Unfair treatment based on race or identity
  14. 25. Pride in one’s culture, identity, and heritage
  15. 27. Civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King Jr.
Down
  1. 1. Protest against segregation on buses in Alabama
  2. 2. Group of young activists who organized protests and voter registration
  3. 5. Idea that communities protect themselves from violence or injustice
  4. 7. Labor union that fought for farm worker rights
  5. 8. Large protest where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech
  6. 9. Co-founder of the United Farm Workers and major Chicano activist
  7. 10. Agricultural laborers who plant and harvest crops
  8. 11. Protest without violence
  9. 14. Movement to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights in the United States
  10. 17. Equal rights and opportunities for all races
  11. 23. Peacefully breaking laws to protest injustice
  12. 26. Civil rights leader who supported Black empowerment and self-defense