Lesson 54

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