Civil Rights

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  1. 2. What happened at the 16 Street Baptist Church?
  2. 4. Who was elected President in 1960 and supported ending segregation?
  3. 8. What laws were in place in the South to KEEP segregation after Reconstruction when the Civil War ended
  4. 11. What is an example of a non-violent protest at a lunch counter in a segregated restaurant?
  5. 14. What president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law?
  6. 17. Who was Linda Brown's lawyer who later became a Supreme Court Judge?
  7. 18. Dr. King's middle name
  8. 20. What Act of 1965 stated all discrimination should end all all people be allowed to vote?
  9. 22. what word means to refuse to use or buy from?
  10. 23. What 8 year old girl lived in Kansas and had to travel to a black only school across town instead of attending the school in her neighborhood?
  11. 25. What were the laws called that mandated racial segregation in public places on the South?
  12. 27. What were the group of students called who integrated a high school in 1957?
  13. 28. What Baptist Church was bombed in downtown Birmingham?
  14. 29. What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
Down
  1. 1. Who became president after Kennedy's assassination?(initials)
  2. 3. He was the Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety and was FOR segregation
  3. 5. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 PROHIBIT?
  4. 6. Where did the MARCH take place that was a rally for jobs and freedom led by Dr. King?
  5. 7. What woman refused to leave her seat on a segregated bus here in Alabama?
  6. 9. What LAW was passed in 1964 that banned segregation in public places and unfair treatment of workers based on skin color or religion?
  7. 10. What was Dr. King's approach to protesting?
  8. 12. What day of the week was it when protesters in Selma were attacked?
  9. 13. What words means hatred of a particular race or religion called?
  10. 15. In 1963, people of all races rode interstate busses to protest segregated seating on busses
  11. 16. What town was the center of an uproar regarding integration of a high school?
  12. 19. President Johnson signed into law that stated discrimination and segregation were illegal in 196_____
  13. 21. Linda Brown sued what Board of Education?
  14. 24. George ______ was the Governor of Al. who supported segregation
  15. 26. What boycott happened here in Al. to protest segregated busses?