48 - Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 1. – Journalist who covered civil rights stories for Black publications.
  2. 6. – One-word motto for summer 1964’s voter registration campaign.
  3. 8. – Mississippi college that was a hub for student activism.
  4. 9. – Brooklyn neighborhood tied to 1968 teacher strikes and racial tensions.
  5. 10. – Benjamin, helped integrate schools and worked with NAACP legal teams.
  6. 11. – City where Carl Stokes became the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city.
  7. 13. – Last name in a Supreme Court case that legalized segregation (later overturned).
Down
  1. 2. – Clara, led one of the first lunch counter sit ins in Oklahoma.
  2. 3. – 19th-century civil rights pioneer and educator in Philadelphia.
  3. 4. – Lawyer who defended SNCC activists and freedom riders.
  4. 5. – Couple whose Supreme Court case ended bans on interracial marriage.
  5. 7. – First name of Miller, WWII hero and symbol of Black bravery, later embraced by civil rights advocates.
  6. 8. – Activist and minister who worked in Chicago’s civil rights efforts.
  7. 9. – New York borough home to many early Black-led civil rights protests.
  8. 12. – First name of Evers, martyred civil rights leader from Mississippi.