The Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 2. arkansas Governor Orval Faubus closed the ___ ___ public schools for a year rather than desegregate (2 words, no spaces)
  2. 5. the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling said that facilities could be "__ but equal"
  3. 8. neighborhoods were ___ divided in most cities
  4. 9. ___ tests were often used to keep African Americans from voting
  5. 10. the __ __ Act was passed in 1965 (2 words, no spaces)
  6. 11. public schools were ordered to ___ immediately
  7. 13. the March on ___ brought together many African American leaders and organizations
  8. 14. name for laws that segregated the races (2 words, no spaces)
  9. 15. __ __ refused to giveup her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama (2 words, no spaces)
Down
  1. 1. african Americans decided to ___ buses in Montgomery, Alabama
  2. 3. the __ __ ruled that bus segregation was illegal in 1956. (2 words, no spaces)
  3. 4. president Eisenhower had to federalize the Arkansas __ __. (2 words, no spaces)
  4. 6. title that Dr. King's famous speech is known as: __ __ __ __ (4 words, no spaces)
  5. 7. the bus boycott brought Rev. Dr. __ __ __ __ into the national spotlight (4 words, no spaces)
  6. 12. congress passed the __ __ Act in 1964. (2 words, no spaces)