Unit 8 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. Abbreviation an organization founded by MLK Jr. to coordinate civil rights efforts.
- 5. Activists who rode buses into the South to challenge segregation on public transportation.
- 7. Form of protest where participants occupy a place and refuse to leave.
- 8. Civil rights activist known for his advocacy of black nationalism and self-defense.
- 9. Bringing together people of different races or ethnicities into a unified whole.
- 13. Peaceful refusal to obey certain laws as a form of protest.
- 14. Abbreviation for a key organization in the civil rights movement.
- 16. FBI program aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, and disrupting domestic political organizations.
- 17. Refusal to buy or use certain products or services as a form of protest.
- 18. Rights guaranteed to all citizens, especially those belonging to minority groups.
- 20. Segregation mandated by law.
- 21. Taking action to express opposition or disapproval.
Down
- 1. Unfair treatment based on race, gender, or other factors.
- 2. Acting in opposition to established authority or system, often for the purpose of overthrowing or undermining it.
- 4. Segregation that exists by practice and custom.
- 6. State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
- 10. Principle of achieving social or political change without the use of violence.
- 11. Leader of the civil rights movement known for his advocacy of nonviolent protest.
- 12. Policy of separating people based on race or ethnicity.
- 15. Landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
- 19. Social construct used to categorize people based on physical characteristics.