Ch. 16 Vocabulary (Civil Rights)
Across
- 2. the Black ____ Mvmt. sought to compel respect for African American rights and improve their condition
- 4. This commission investigated causes of urban riots
- 10. the CR Act of 1964 ended _________ in public places
- 12. the Freedom ____ protested segregated bus terminals
- 13. used sit-ins to desegregated restaurants
- 16. The Brown vs. Board case declared segregation in ______ was unconstitutional
- 18. AR Governor who refused to desegregate schools
- 19. NAACP lawyer who argued for the Brown family before the Supreme Court
- 20. the Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory practices that denied African Americans the right to ____
Down
- 1. The Plessy v. Ferguson permitted _____ as long as equal facilities were provided
- 3. The Southern ___________ declared the Brown decision an abuse of judicial power
- 5. speech given by MLK at the March on WAshington in 1963
- 6. led many civil rights demonstrations using passive resistance
- 7. school in Little Rock that became the site of a battle over school segregation
- 8. arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, AL
- 9. segregation by custom and tradition
- 11. black activist, member of the Nation of Islam, who initially supported separatism
- 14. civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight lynching
- 15. the Civil Rights Act of 1957 allowed the Dept. of ____ to seek injunctions against states denying African Americans the right to vote
- 17. demonstrations where protestors refused to leave segregated restaurants until they were served