History of African Americans

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Across
  1. 2. Black history was made to _____________ the contribution of African Americans to the USA.
  2. 4. to sentence someone to a punishment or death.
  3. 7. to give permission
  4. 9. a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order a society.
  5. 11. the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change.
  6. 15. a system forcing a group to live in a physically separate area or to use separate facilities and institutions.
  7. 17. Proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
  8. 18. Many Africans deported to America were ____________
Down
  1. 1. the opposition of captivity or slavery.
  2. 3. someone who sought to abolish slavery.
  3. 5. schools, restaurants, cinemas are public ____________
  4. 6. "________________ but equal"
  5. 8. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  6. 10. to make sure people obey the law.
  7. 12. the civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and _______________ for African-Americans.
  8. 13. allowed by the constitution.
  9. 14. to refuse to allow (something).
  10. 16. Black people were considered second-class.