Civil Rights Movement Crossword!

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Across
  1. 2. The ___________v. Board of Ed. declared segregated schools unconstitutional
  2. 4. the type of segregation by behavior, habit or inherent racism
  3. 5. This young black teen was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi
  4. 6. This African American Civil Rights activist was a member of the Nation of Islam before breaking from it
  5. 7. a special type of test that assessed whether or not blacks were worthy enough to vote
  6. 13. brave educated white woman who convinced Mayor West to desecrate the counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
  7. 14. the type of segregation by law or the justice system
  8. 17. Usually associated with hanging, African Americans were subject to this in the deep south
  9. 18. often known as most racist southern city in America that was home to unrest with Civil Rights Movement
  10. 20. Term for the keeping of races and ethnic groups apart
  11. 21. The __________ Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination
  12. 22. teacher who bravely taught elementary students about racism with eye color
  13. 24. Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the ___________________ to fight for total equality
  14. 25. The practice of discriminating against and segregating Black people in the South
  15. 26. Leaders of this student group led sit-ins in Greensboro; shock - troops
Down
  1. 1. the movement of ending segregated facilities and accommodations
  2. 3. The ___________ Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices
  3. 5. Ratified in 1964, this amendment ended poll taxes
  4. 6. This Civil Rights lawyer defended Brown
  5. 8. Made "The Great Society" agenda to implement federal civil rights
  6. 9. name for group of demonstrators who rode busses into racist parts of the South
  7. 10. Civil Rights group founded by James Farmer, its aim was to work for racial equality and even trained people on how to be nonviolent
  8. 11. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech at the March on
  9. 12. This president called for federal civil rights legislation before he was assassinated
  10. 15. This leader popularized the term "Black Power"
  11. 16. This civil rights leader lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott and later won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
  12. 17. Nine black students enrolled here after desegregation
  13. 19. This national organization was founded in 1909 for racial equality
  14. 20. the Civil Rights group that Martin Luther King Jr. was most heavily associated with that was very active in organizing demonstrations
  15. 23. She began the Montgomery Bus Boycott from refusing to move her seat