unit 7 civil rights
Across
- 4. belief that men and women should be equal, economically, and socially
- 5. political party focused on self defense
- 7. many African Americans were frustrated with the lack of progress and criticized martin Luther king jr.
- 8. protesters, white and black, tried to integrate the public transportation nation wide. they rode from north to south.
- 9. ¨I have a dream¨
- 11. was the civil rights leader for Latinos
- 12. gave federal government power over qualifications for voting and to actually enforce the 18th amendment
- 13. pushed for the equal right amendment; which pushed for equal pay and more opportunities to work
Down
- 1. form the american Indian movement
- 2. group that X was part of, promoted the idea that African Americans should join Islam since that was closer to Africa heritage.
- 3. president Kennedy called for a bill to end the segregation of public facilities.
- 4. for ten weeks during summer of 1964, thousands of volunteers worked in Mississippi to register African american voters
- 6. was a black nationalist who served as the spokesperson for the nation of Islam
- 10. 200,000 people marched