Civil Rights Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. - a group based on physical attributes such as skin color
  2. 6. - African American activists sitting in areas reserved for white people
  3. 10. - A person who works to bring social change
  4. 11. - leader of the Civil Rights movement. Organized protests in several cities, used nonviolent protests, gave the “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C.”
  5. 12. - A law which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin in the workplace, public places, schools, and in voting
  6. 13. - In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. African American people responded by refusing to ride the busses.
  7. 18. - purposely breaking an unfair law
  8. 19. - 1896 Supreme Court decision that allowed for “separate but equal” facilities
  9. 20. - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Worked to improve conditions for African American people
Down
  1. 1. - 1954 Supreme Court decision that said segregation was not allowed in public schools, and that schools must integrate.
  2. 2. - Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham during Civil Rights movement. Organized protests in Birmingham.
  3. 4. - marches, rallies, sit-ins, and demonstrations that call attention to a topic without using violence.
  4. 5. - to bring different groups together as one
  5. 7. - when one group is treated differently from another
  6. 8. Rights Movement - A movement mainly taking place in the 1950’s and 1960’s that fought for equal rights for African American people
  7. 9. - a protest that involves a large group of people walking, usually with signs, chanting, and/or singing
  8. 14. - Refused to give her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus, which started the Montgomery bus boycott.
  9. 15. - refusal to buy goods or services sold by people with whom you disagree
  10. 16. - belief that one race is superior to another
  11. 17. - the separation of people based on their race