Civil Rights

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Across
  1. 2. Activists ride buses across the south to bring awareness to civil rights legislation
  2. 4. The separation of two or more races from one another
  3. 6. peaceful protests where young black students sit at segregated lunch counters and refuse to leave until given service
  4. 7. Civil Rights group that protested using extremely violent and brutal methods
  5. 10. argued that separate but equal was never equal
  6. 14. a group of students who fought against the segrigated south school system in peaceful protest
  7. 17. court case where UT was sued for discrimination after desegregated the school
  8. 18. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee, was founded as a result of the sit-in movements
  9. 20. this amendment gave african american men the right to vote
Down
  1. 1. Military unit that helped escort african american students to and from school everyday
  2. 3. after all the adults were imprisoned, the children took part in the marches
  3. 5. this amendment made anyone born on US soil a US citizen, regardless of race or background
  4. 8. The refusal to comply with certain laws as a form of peaceful protest
  5. 9. major leader in the civil rights movement
  6. 11. Alabamian Governor who refused to desegregate schools
  7. 12. The inclusion of previously segregated races back into the same public spaces
  8. 13. Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person
  9. 15. this amendment abolished slavery
  10. 16. Another major leader in the civil rights movement who led by more violent and threatening manners
  11. 19. This court case overturned Plessy V Ferguson, and ordered the desegregation of all public schools