black history month
Across
- 4. an act of open resistance to an established government or ruler
- 7. prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
- 11. a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
- 13. federal holiday for commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people
- 14. a person who favors the end of a practice or institution
- 16. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
- 18. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, gender, or disability
- 20. division of people based on race
Down
- 1. an advantage available exclusively to a particular person or group
- 2. a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
- 3. forced unpaid labor
- 5. a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
- 6. the quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
- 8. freedom from disturbance; tranquility
- 9. a form of protest where people occupy a place and refuse to leave until their demands are met
- 10. the state of being treated the same regardless of race or gender
- 12. the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone
- 15. the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
- 17. a rising up against injustice
- 19. another word for difficulty