Black civil rights

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Across
  1. 3. – What activists were fighting for, especially in the South
  2. 5. – Goal of the Civil Rights Movement
  3. 8. – A form of protest by refusing to use or buy something
  4. 11. – First name of the woman who refused to give up her bus seat
  5. 12. – The opposite of segregation
  6. 15. – First name of the Black Muslim civil rights leader
  7. 16. – The movement’s name
  8. 19. – Last name of the leader who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech
  9. 20. – Peaceful protest tactic at lunch counters
Down
  1. 1. – City known for a major 1965 voting rights march
  2. 2. – MLK’s philosophy of protest
  3. 4. – A key principle the movement aimed to achieve
  4. 6. – Rosa Parks’ protest took place here
  5. 7. – Word from King’s most famous speech
  6. 9. – Civil rights organization founded in 1909 (abbreviation)
  7. 10. – City where nine students integrated a high school in 1957
  8. 13. – Organized walk to protest injustice
  9. 14. – Student-led civil rights group (abbreviation)
  10. 17. – Right that was denied to many African Americans
  11. 18. – Name for the laws enforcing segregation