Civil Rights

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Across
  1. 2. National Farm Workers Association with a Filipino agricultural union
  2. 5. An independent Latino political movement
  3. 6. hoped to provoke a violent reaction that would convince Kennedy administration to enforce the law
  4. 8. anti-feminists felt that the ERA would lead to "a parade of horribles"
  5. 10. fist African-American Supereme Court justice; dedicated his life to fighting racism
  6. 11. its purpose was "to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship."
  7. 15. segregation that exists by practice and custom
  8. 18. the act eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters
  9. 19. the belief that women should have economic, political, and social quality with men
  10. 21. a movement made up mostly white, middle-class college youths who had grown disillusioned with the war in Vietnam
Down
  1. 1. an NAACP officer who took a seat in the front row of the "colored" section of a Montgomery bus
  2. 3. this act prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
  3. 4. African-American protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served
  4. 7. The amendment guarantee that both men and women would enjoy the same rights and protections under the law
  5. 9. a political party that fought police brutality in the ghetto; the party advocated self-sufficiency for African-American communities
  6. 12. a journalist, political activist, and ardent supporter of the women's liberation movement, made her voice heard on the subjects of feminism and equality
  7. 13. a.k.a the hippie capital
  8. 14. Militant Native American rights organization
  9. 16. 28 women created this organization to pursue women's goal
  10. 17. action programs involve making special efforts t shire groups that have suffered discrimination
  11. 20. a national protest group organized by college students at Shaw University