Little Rock Nine

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Across
  1. 2. Organization that worked to abolish segregation and discrimination
  2. 4. One of the first reporters to cover the Little Rock Story
  3. 5. Organization that issued advertisements in the Arkansas Democrat
  4. 9. Judge who ordered desegregation to begin
  5. 11. First African American student to graduate from Central High School
  6. 12. The woman that helped Eckford get home during the mob
  7. 14. People who kept Eckford from entering Central High
  8. 16. Girl who was suspended for dumping a bowl of chili on a white boy's head
  9. 17. Month Faubus closed public high schools
  10. 18. Year all grades in Little Rock public schools are integrated
  11. 19. Age of Elizabeth Eckford when she was harassed by a mob
  12. 20. Group of black students that challenged public school segregation
Down
  1. 1. Governor of Arkansas during Civil rights movement
  2. 3. Principle set in Plessy v. Ferguson
  3. 6. Name of Melba Pattilo Beal's memoir
  4. 7. A form of violence to create fear among black people ad maintain white supremacy
  5. 8. Case that rules segregation in public schools unconstitutional
  6. 10. Company Fine reported for
  7. 13. Person who placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal orders
  8. 15. Name of reporter who was hit with a brick