American Civil Rights Movement

2. Movement that focused on raising Mexican American political awareness and social consciousness.
4. Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation.
6. A set of laws in the south that enforced racial segregation.
9. Led black community to peaceful nonviolence protest against the injustices they faced.
12. It brought together over 250,000 people to the nation's capital to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
13. Woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement" after refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
14. Legislation in the United States that forbid extreme acts against the segregation of African Americans and women.
15. Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.
16. A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions.

1. A series of three protest marches , organized by nonviolent activists to demand voting rights for African Americans.
3. Officially signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
5. Fought for the peace movement but shared different beliefs than MLK
7. attorney who argues for Brown v Board of education, Topeka. He would later become the first African american supreme fourth judge.
8. The practice or policy of keeping people of different races separate from each other.
10. Its mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion for Black people and all people of color.
11. Required citizens of state to pay a special tax in order to vote.