49 - Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 2. – Angela, scholar and activist connected to Black liberation and prison reform.
  2. 5. – NAACP leader who helped push for federal civil rights legislation.
  3. 8. – Nonviolent protest tactic used to challenge segregated lunch counters.
  4. 9. – Civil rights leader and academic who co-founded the Black Panther-inspired organization.
  5. 11. – Oldest civil rights organization in the U.S.
  6. 14. – Key verb in the fight for Black voting rights across the South.
  7. 15. – Movement celebrating Black identity, often linked to global civil rights awareness.
Down
  1. 1. – Folk school that trained Rosa Parks and other activists.
  2. 3. – Last name of civil rights photographer and activist in Mississippi.
  3. 4. – Student-led organization at the forefront of direct-action protests.
  4. 6. – Economic protest used effectively in Montgomery and beyond.
  5. 7. – Group founded to protect Black communities and challenge police brutality.
  6. 10. – Last name of Ella, key strategist behind grassroots organizing.
  7. 12. – Mississippi activist who survived a bombing attempt and stayed in the fight.
  8. 13. – Word used to name summer campaign registering Black voters in 1964.