African Americans

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Across
  1. 1. What are the initials of the African-American leader of the civil rights movement?
  2. 5. What was the name for the separation of black and whites in public places? (ex: drinking fountains, public parks)
  3. 7. What was the job title of the first Africans brought to America in 1619?
  4. 10. What are the initials of the largest African-American civil rights organization in the United States?
  5. 14. Who was the African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist accused of preaching black supremacy?
  6. 15. Who is the president most often associated with the civil rights moment?
  7. 16. What was the name of the high school that the Governor of Arkansas called the National Guard to to prevent entry of African-American students?
Down
  1. 1. What was the name of the line that separated the slave states from the free states before the civil war?
  2. 2. Did Martin Luther King Jr. encourage violent or non-violent displays of protest?
  3. 3. What was the name of the rides taken by civil rights activists on interstate busses into the South in the 60’s?
  4. 4. What was the name of the army in the civil war that was totally against granting African-Americans any rights?
  5. 6. What type of Nobel Prize was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded?
  6. 7. What is the term for the act of mixing groups that were previously segregated?
  7. 8. What was the name of the black boy who was recently murdered by a white man who walked free?
  8. 9. Who was the woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger?
  9. 11. What town was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
  10. 12. What amendment was gave African Americans the right to vote?
  11. 13. What was the name of the army in the civil war that in favor of granting African-Americans rights?
  12. 17. What are the initials of the best known white supremacy group of its time?