Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 2. These were protests in which people sat peacefully inside restaurants until they were served
  2. 5. Young girl whose family sued the Topeka school board in order to desegregate the schools
  3. 6. Leader of the civil rights movement
  4. 9. Amendment that protects our free speech
  5. 10. Civil rights leader known for his aggression and power
  6. 13. Lyndon______was the president who signed the Voting Rights Act
  7. 14. Separation inside public spaces like schools based on race
  8. 15. Laws in the south designed to discriminate against African Americans
Down
  1. 1. MLK famously marched on this city for equal rights
  2. 3. City in which Rosa Parks got arrested
  3. 4. This clause prevents our government from choosing a specific religion for the US
  4. 7. significant civil rights group still around today fighting for racial equality for African Americans
  5. 8. Refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
  6. 11. city in Arkansas where nine African American kids entered an all white school
  7. 12. Montgomery citizens did this as a result of the Rosa Parks arrest
  8. 16. city in which MLK was assassinated