civil right movement

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Across
  1. 3. - ........ Rock - The site of a significant school desegregation crisis in 1957.
  2. 4. - John ....... - A prominent civil rights leader and Congressman known for his activism.
  3. 7. - Freedom ......... - Activists who challenged segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals.
  4. 12. - ....... Nash - A civil rights activist and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
  5. 13. - .......... Carmichael - A civil rights activist who popularized the term "Black Power."
  6. 15. - ........ Summer - A 1964 campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi.
  7. 16. - ......... Till - A young African American boy whose murder sparked outrage and activism.
  8. 21. - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organization.
  9. 23. - ......... Rights - The legal right to participate in political elections.
  10. 24. - The principle of peaceful protest and civil disobedience.
  11. 26. - .......... Luther King Jr. - A prominent civil rights leader known for his advocacy of nonviolent resistance.
  12. 28. - .......... Disobedience - The deliberate breaking of laws to protest injustice.
  13. 29. - .......... v. Board of Education - A landmark Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
  14. 30. - ........ Crow - Laws - State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
  15. 31. - .......... Action - Policies aimed at increasing opportunities for underrepresented groups.
  16. 33. - The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a key civil rights organization.
  17. 34. - ....... F. Kennedy - The U.S. Attorney General who supported civil rights and fought for racial equality.
  18. 35. - ......... Meredith - The first African American to attend the University of Mississippi.
Down
  1. 1. - ....... v. Ferguson - A Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
  2. 2. - ........ Evers - A civil rights activist assassinated in Mississippi in 1963.
  3. 5. - ......... Baker - A civil rights activist and a leading figure in the SNCC.
  4. 6. - ......... Parks - An African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  5. 8. - I Have a ........ - A famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr., expressing his vision for racial harmony.
  6. 9. - ......... Wilkins - The leader of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement.
  7. 10. - The enforced separation of racial groups in public facilities.
  8. 11. - The process of ending racial segregation in schools and public places.
  9. 14. - ........... Christian Leadership Conference - An organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to advance civil rights.
  10. 17. - ........... on Washington - A historic 1963 demonstration for civil rights where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
  11. 18. - ......... Marshall - A prominent civil rights attorney and the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
  12. 19. - A city with a high level of civil rights activism and violent opposition.
  13. 20. - .......... X - A civil rights leader known for his advocacy of Black nationalism and self-defense.
  14. 22. - ......... Bus Boycott - A year-long protest against segregated bus services in Montgomery, Alabama.
  15. 25. - A form of protest where demonstrators occupy a place and refuse to leave.
  16. 27. - ........ Panthers - A revolutionary organization advocating for African American rights and self-defense.
  17. 32. - March from ......... - A significant protest march for voting rights.
  18. 36. - Freedom of ........ - The First Amendment protection essential to civil rights advocacy.