Selma Marches

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Across
  1. 2. the 35th president of the US
  2. 3. help that JFK sent in
  3. 5. Civil rights activist ; in the House of Representatives
  4. 7. a violent white supremacists terrorist group
  5. 8. an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist
  6. 12. the 36th president of the US
  7. 13. nickname for laws enforcing segregation
  8. 16. people saw that people were being violent towards the protesters on news and newspapers
  9. 17. a chemical police used and sprayed it on activists
  10. 18. young students who help lead protests
  11. 19. Student Non-violent coordinating commitee
  12. 21. a form of peaceful protests
  13. 22. Dallas county voters league
  14. 23. fought to desegregate schools
  15. 25. the riots that happened and they attacked the marches the first time they tried to cross the bridge
Down
  1. 1. Governer of Alabama; pro segregation
  2. 4. Southern Christen Leadership Conference
  3. 6. when the first march took place for voting rights
  4. 9. an economic boycott of Alabama products
  5. 10. when the civil rights group went to march across for voting rights and they turned around at the bridge because of police and protesters
  6. 11. a famous quote the MLK delivered on the steps of the state capital in Montgomery Alabama
  7. 14. the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  8. 15. a movement aiming to abolish racial segregation and discrimination
  9. 20. A untied states district Judge of Alabama
  10. 24. the school James Meredith applies too