Civil Rights Crossword

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  1. 2. Civil Rights leader known for his advocacy of Black nationalism and self-defence
  2. 4. The U.S. Attorney General who supported Civil Rights and fought for racial equality, ….. F. Kennedy Jr.
  3. 7. Prominent Civil Rights leader known for his philosophy of non-violent resistance, ….. Luther King Jr.
  4. 8. Landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling which declared state laws establishing separate black and white schools to be unconstitutional, ………….. of Education
  5. 11. Legal right to participate in political elections, ….. Rights
  6. 13. Form of protest where demonstrators occupy a place and refuse to leave
  7. 16. Activists who challenged segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals, ….. Riders
  8. 17. 1863 law which declared that all slaves were freed, ….. Proclamation
  9. 19. Organisation founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to advance civil rights, ….. Christian Leadership Conference
  10. 20. 1961-2 civil rights campaign targeting segregation and voting rights in this city in Georgia
  11. 21. Civil Rights organisation founded in 1909
  12. 23. Civil Rights activist assassinated in Mississippi in 1963, ….. Evers
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  1. 1. Enforced separation of racial groups in public facilities
  2. 3. Site of a significant school desegregation attempt in 1957.
  3. 5. 1963 demonstration for Civil Rights where King delivered his famous speech, March on …..
  4. 6. State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
  5. 9. African American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  6. 10. Famous 1963 letter written by King where he defended his nonviolent philosophy and pursuit of racial equality, Letter from ….. Jail
  7. 12. Young African American boy whose murder sparked outrage and activism, ….. Till
  8. 13. 1964 campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi, Freedom …..
  9. 14. Famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr., expressing his vision for racial harmony
  10. 15. Prominent Civil Rights leader and Congressman known for his activism, John …..
  11. 18. The principle of peaceful protest and civil disobedience
  12. 22. Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, ….. v. Ferguson