Across
- 2. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
- 3. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
- 6. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- 9. This person was a civil rights leader that emerged from the labor movement. He consistently kept the interests of black workers at the forefront of the racial agenda.
- 11. This person created the Underground Railroad
- 14. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move
- 16. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
- 17. This person was the leading figure in Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's
- 18. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- 19. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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- 1. This person was an NAACP field secretary who was shot in the back in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
- 3. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
- 4. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
- 5. revolutionary party founded to combat racism and empower Black people in the United States. Influenced by the likes of Malcolm X
- 7. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
- 8. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
- 10. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
- 12. This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"
- 13. Abbrivation for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- 15. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people