Civil right champions

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  1. 3. Civil rights lawyer who successfully argued the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. ___ Marshall
  2. 6. Civil rights activist who organized the Freedom Rides to desegregate interstate bus travel. ___ Nash
  3. 8. African American student who integrated the University of Mississippi. James ____
  4. 10. Civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. ___ Parks
  5. 11. Civil rights activist and leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). James ____
  6. 12. African American girl who was the first to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. ___ Bridges
  7. 13. African American student who challenged segregation in public schools by enrolling in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. ___ Eckford
  8. 15. Civil rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.(Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
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  1. 1. Civil rights activist and leader of the National Urban League. ___ Young
  2. 2. Civil rights activist who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Jo Ann ___
  3. 4. Civil rights leader and founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Ella __
  4. 5. Civil rights leader who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Martin ___ King Jr.
  5. 7. African American teenager whose murder became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. ___ Till
  6. 9. African American singer and actor who became a symbol of the civil rights movement with his performances and activism. ___ Robeson
  7. 14. Civil rights attorney who co-founded the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). Charles ____ Houston