Black History Month Project

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  1. 3. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
  2. 7. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  3. 9. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  4. 11. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
  5. 12. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  6. 14. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
Down
  1. 1. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  2. 2. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
  3. 4. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people
  4. 5. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
  5. 6. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  6. 8. This person created the Underground Railroad
  7. 10. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
  8. 13. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move