Civil Rights Movement: Kristen Streacker
Across
- 4. Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr
- 7. Was a leader in India's struggle for independence, MLK used his methods
- 9. Organized the Freedom Rides
- 11. A change in the constitution that granted ex-slaves citizenship
- 12. Knowingly and deliberately violating a law that is perceived to be unjust and willingly accepting the consequences for such action (fines, jail etc.)
- 17. City in Tennessee where MLK was assassinated
- 18. The incident with Rosa Parks sparked this, where blacks refused to use the city to get to work (they either walked or carpooled)
- 20. Organization that fought for the rights of African Americans; created in 1909 and is the oldest civil rights organization
- 23. Workshops on nonviolent methods were conducted in this city and on campuses of African American colleges across the south
- 24. Number of children killed during the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
- 25. Also known as the march from Selma to Montgomery
- 27. A change in the constitution to which the poll tax was outlawed
- 28. 3rd grader, her parents sued the school board to get their daughter in an all-white school
- 29. Managed the sit-in protests and their success helped overturn segregation laws in many cities
- 30. Father was killed by the KKK which led to him leading a life of crime. In 1965 he was assassinated by a black Muslim
Down
- 1. The movement whose goals were desegregation, voting rights, and the equality of opportunity in education, housing, and employment
- 2. Supreme Court case that ruled separate but equal facilities for different races are equal
- 3. Name of the motel that MLK was assassinated at
- 5. When a college or a company sets a side a number for a minority position
- 6. The white male who accused the school board with "reverse discrimination"
- 8. City notorious for its segregation and racial hatred, nicknamed "Bombingham"
- 10. He was a huge part of the Civil Rights Movement; gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
- 13. Served as an NAACP lawyer who represented the children in the Brown vs. Board of Education case
- 14. King led a march from Selma to Montgomery that was this many miles away
- 15. Laws which were passed to segregate blacks and whites forcing blacks to use separate public facilities
- 16. Refused to move to the back of a city bus for a white man
- 19. City in Kansas where the Brown vs. Board of Education was held
- 21. The separation between whites and blacks which started the Civil Rights Movement
- 22. Governor of Arkansas ordered the National Guard to block the entrance to the school to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering
- 26. The name of the High-school which the Little Rock Nine was chosen to go to school at