civil rights
Across
- 2. A doctrine that supported racial segregation by saying ''separate but_______ ''
- 3. sit at segregated counters, and waited to be served or stay there till the store closed
- 5. it abolish slavery
- 6. refused to give up her seat in a bus
- 7. An African American boy who was brutally beaten to death after he offend a white women.
- 11. What team was Jackie Robinson signed to?
- 13. A case where Brown shows how black kids think whites are superior, and this leads to the desegregation of schools.
- 15. Who signed the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968
- 16. The ______ to Montgomery marches were a series of civil rights protest marches in 1965 to support voting rights
- 18. Laws that segregated and limited African American rights
- 19. the 35th president of the untied States
Down
- 1. who was the most famous civil right
- 4. separate a group of people because of their traits, skin in particular.
- 8. A strong influence in America during the 1960's, was a member of the Nation of Islam, but was assassinated after he left.
- 9. people who would march for rights
- 10. In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received the ______ peace prize for his leadership
- 12. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- 13. The Birmingham police chief, known for having a strong believe in segregation, and the person who brutally beat freedom marchers with high pressure hose
- 14. little rock
- 17. Over 200,000 people participated in the ______ on Washington for jobs and freedom in 1963 to fight for civil and economic rights of Black Americans