Unit 8/Civil Rights Movement Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A fee charged to voters.
  2. 4. King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech, led to the passage of the Civil Rights act of 1964
  3. 6. NAACP attorney, first African-American on Supreme Court
  4. 7. banned sexual discrimination in educational institutions; promoted gender equality in schools
  5. 9. the current conditions
  6. 11. A black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed.
  7. 13. southern state laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
  8. 14. Organization which fought for civil rights for African Americans, mainly through court cases
  9. 15. renamed himself X to signify the loss of his African heritage
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights leader who believed in non-violent, civil disobedience
  2. 3. after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses.
  3. 5. eliminated poll taxes in federal elections
  4. 8. leader of the Montgomery bus boycott
  5. 10. when blacks and whites together challenged segregation and led a massive drive to register blacks to vote.
  6. 12. Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association