Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 2. A law that ended segregation in public places
  2. 5. The Georgia city that was a major center of the Civil Rights Movement
  3. 6. The organization led by Dr. King that focused on nonviolent protest
  4. 8. Civil Rights leader from Georgia who was beaten on “Bloody Sunday” and later became a U.S. congressman.
  5. 11. Laws that helped protect African Americans’ right to vote
  6. 12. Organization where college students organized sit-ins
  7. 14. John Lewis encouraged young people to get into _____________
  8. 15. A famous protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses
Down
  1. 1. He and Henry David Thoreau protested unfair laws through civil disobedience
  2. 3. African American woman who refused to give up her bus seat
  3. 4. Dr. King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this event
  4. 7. A protest where people refuse to buy or use something
  5. 9. "Separate but equal"
  6. 10. Verb that means schools or places that include people of all races.
  7. 13. Civil Rights campaign in a Georgia city that worked to end segregation but faced strong resistance.