Lesson 54 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. An American activist that was a member of the Nation of Islam
  2. 4. First African American to attend the University of Mississippi
  3. 5. Founded the Nation of Islam
  4. 6. The last name of the president that was assassinated in November 1963
  5. 7. The speech that Martin Luther King Jr shared during the Civil Rights Movement
  6. 8. The man that led the Congress on Racial Equality
  7. 9. National effort made by black people to eliminate racial segregation
  8. 11. The woman that refused to give up her seat to a white man
  9. 12. Martin Luther King Jr's Wife's name
  10. 14. The man to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr
  11. 15. Act passed to allow African Americans to vote
  12. 16. Created to examine the causes behind rioting
  13. 19. A system that kept African Americans and Whites seperated
Down
  1. 1. Bus driver that asked Rosa Parks to move
  2. 3. The law that created a permanent civil rights commission to assist black suffrage
  3. 4. The first African American to play Major League Baseball
  4. 8. Last name of the president that signed the bill that made it illegal to refuse employment based on race
  5. 10. Man who led the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
  6. 13. The man who joined with Martin Luther King Jr to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  7. 17. War War fought by the Northern and Southern Confederate states
  8. 18. The store that refused to serve coffee to 4 African American college students