Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 4. Marshall – NAACP lawyer in Brown v. Board; first Black Supreme Court Justice.
  2. 5. Rock Nine – First Black students to integrate Central High in Arkansas.
  3. 7. Power – Slogan and movement emphasizing racial pride and self-determination.
  4. 8. Baker – Organizer and mentor behind SNCC and grassroots activism.
  5. 10. Campaign – Movement met with police brutality; gained national attention.
  6. 14. – Student-led activist group involved in sit-ins and voter registration.
  7. 15. – Central philosophy of many Civil Rights leaders.
  8. 17. – MLK’s organization focused on nonviolent protest.
  9. 23. Nash – SNCC leader and strategist in Nashville sit-ins.
  10. 24. Rustin – Key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
  11. 25. Rights Act 1965 – Ended literacy tests and allowed federal oversight.
  12. 27. v. Board – Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional.
  13. 28. Parks – Refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery.
  14. 29. on Washington – 1963 rally where MLK gave “I Have a Dream” speech.
  15. 30. Crow – Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
Down
  1. 1. – Method of protest by refusing to buy or use services.
  2. 2. – Nonviolent protest tactic at segregated lunch counters.
  3. 3. – System of separating people by race in public life.
  4. 6. Luther King Jr. – Leader who advocated for nonviolent protest.
  5. 9. Riots – Uprising in Los Angeles that reflected urban racial tensions.
  6. 11. – The process of ending racial separation in schools and public life.
  7. 12. Bus Boycott – Sparked by Rosa Parks; led to bus desegregation.
  8. 13. to Montgomery March – Protest for voting rights; met with violence on "Bloody Sunday."
  9. 16. – Longstanding civil rights organization that used legal strategies.
  10. 18. Rights Act 1964 – Outlawed segregation and job discrimination.
  11. 19. Evers – NAACP field secretary assassinated in Mississippi.
  12. 20. Meredith – First African American student at the University of Mississippi.
  13. 21. X – Civil rights activist who believed in Black empowerment “by any means necessary.”
  14. 22. Lewis – Freedom Rider and leader of the Selma March.
  15. 26. Rides – Interstate bus protests against segregated terminals.