The Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 3. African American social movement in the late 1960s that advocated unity and self-reliance to address injustice
  2. 7. Head of SNCC; politician and civil rights activist; took part in sit-ins and major protests; Later became a rep for Georgia
  3. 8. de facto laws that prohibited Black Americans from exercising political and social rights
  4. 10. Where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream"
  5. 11. To no longer use a service or buy a good, as a form of protest
  6. 18. MLK was known for leading this form of protest
  7. 20. Civil rights leader who was once associated with the Nation of Islam
  8. 22. First Black Supreme Court Justice
  9. 24. group inspired by Malcolm X; more militant, but focused on community-building
Down
  1. 1. President that began to create new civil rights bill, but was assassinated
  2. 2. City in which MLK was assassinated
  3. 4. Claudette _____________, who refused to give up her seat on a bus in March 1955.
  4. 5. Group of students who tried to go to class at Central High School in Little Rock, AR
  5. 6. Doctrine that allowed racial segregation of public facilities
  6. 7. President who was able to pass a Civil Rights Act
  7. 9. Term for when Black students asked for service at segregated lunch counters and participated in peaceful protests
  8. 12. What city was considered the most "segregated city in America"?
  9. 13. What is the short name for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
  10. 14. Challenged segregation on interstate buses; participants included Black and white students
  11. 15. An attempt to kill a bill by having a group of senators taking turns speaking so that a vote cannot take place
  12. 16. Woman who kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  13. 17. Student organization formed by Ella Baker
  14. 19. "_____ Overcome" (anthem of the Civil Rights movement)
  15. 21. March that ended with violence from state troopers on Bloody Sunday. Had been protesting the death of a voting rights activist
  16. 23. ___________ v. Board of Education: Supreme Court Case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
  17. 25. MLK won this in 1964