47 - Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 5. – Civil rights activist who later became U.S. ambassador to the UN.
  2. 7. – University that produced many civil rights leaders and lawyers.
  3. 8. – Award given annually by the NAACP for outstanding achievement.
  4. 9. – SNCC field organizer and Freedom Rider.
  5. 11. – Activist and writer, daughter of sharecroppers, focused on racial and gender justice.
  6. 12. – Influential poet who inspired early 20th-century civil rights voices.
  7. 13. – Store chain targeted by sit-in protests.
Down
  1. 1. – First African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize; UN mediator.
  2. 2. – City tied to the 1964 murder of civil rights workers.
  3. 3. – Radical SNCC leader who pushed for Black Power.
  4. 4. – Teen who refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks.
  5. 6. – Region of Mississippi known for deep-rooted civil rights struggles.
  6. 8. – Historian and activist who focused on race and education.
  7. 9. – Site of major speeches and rallies for racial equality in Illinois.
  8. 10. – Modjeska, South Carolina activist and labor leader.