Prgressive Georgia

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Across
  1. 4. civil rights effort to end segregation in Albany, Georgia.
  2. 6. law that ended segregation and job discrimination.
  3. 7. civil rights group led by MLK that used nonviolent protests.
  4. 10. 1963 protest for civil rights where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
  5. 11. Atlanta mayor who helped grow the city’s airport and supported civil rights.
  6. 12. group that studied segregation and helped Georgia integrate schools.
  7. 14. movement in the 1950s–60s to end segregation and gain equal rights.
  8. 15. 1954 Supreme Court case that banned school segregation.
  9. 16. civil rights leader who promoted nonviolence and led the March on Washington.
Down
  1. 1. civil rights group known for sit-ins and Freedom Rides.
  2. 2. dispute over Georgia’s governor after Eugene Talmadge died before taking office.
  3. 3. Atlanta mayor in the 1960s who opposed segregation.
  4. 5. Farming, a key part of Georgia’s economy.
  5. 8. Georgia governor who opposed desegregation but later improved conditions for minorities.
  6. 9. civil rights activist and longtime U.S. Representative from Georgia.
  7. 13. Elections where only white people could vote, banned in 1944.