Civil Rights Crossword Puzzle



Across
2. the Supreme Court decision ruling all segregated schools unconstitutional
6. laws that made segregation official in public facilities in the South ​
11. the rights of all citizens.
13. Prominent leader in the Af. Am. Civil Rights Movement; he is one of the most well known Civil Rights leaders for his nonviolent, peaceful manner of protest for equal rights.​
14. high school that refused to allow 9 African American students to attend resulting in an event where the military got involved
16. a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, and to work for the betterment of "people of color.“​
17. refused to give up here seat to a white commuter when he boarded the bus; kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott
19. civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the desegregation of buses
20. the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
   
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1. a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a non-violent protest
3. the governor of Arkansas who ordered state troops to prevent the Little Rock 9 from stepping foot in Little Rock High School
4. the 1896 Supreme Court decision that ruled that states could impose segregation as long as the separate facilities were 'separate but equal'
5. riots broke out when this student was accepted to the University of Mississippi
7. the action of setting people apart (typically by race)
8. An order that banned all kinds of racial discrimination in voting, like literacy tests.
9. a decision to not use or buy products or services in order to show support for a cause.​
10. A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public facilities, and employment.​
12. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.Strong advocate of using self defense as opposed to peaceful protests.
15. the year long efforts by many to boycott all buses in Montgomery with the intent of desegregating buses
18. black student who was accepted to the University of Alabama but was faced with retaliation when white students rioted against her enrollment