Across
- 4. demonstration in which protestors sit down and refuse to leave
- 5. banned hiring discrimination based on disabilities
- 8. voting rights march that publicized violence against civil rights workers, which increased support for voter registration efforts
- 9. rejected integration as a goal of civil rights; believed blacks had a right to defend themselves with violence if necessary
- 10. Activists worked to ensurevoting rights for African Americans in the South.
- 11. massive demonstration to support Kennedy’s civil rights bill in 1963 where MLK, Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech Civil_Rights_Act_1964 banned segregation and workplace discrimination; led to push for equal voting rights
- 13. required men and women to be paid equal salaries for equal work
- 14. groupformed to fight for Native American rights to control their tribal land.
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- 1. law protecting African Americans’ voting rights
- 2. nonviolent protest of segregation in public transportation that ended with desegregation due to economic impact
- 3. lawsuit challenging the segregation of public schools; ruled that segregation was illegal
- 6. civil rights leader who inspired nonviolent protests against discrimination
- 7. a series of protests in which black and white passengers tried to integrate Southern bus stations
- 12. union led by Cesar Chavez that fought to improve working conditions for migrant farmworkers