Civil Rights

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  1. 4. Marshall Represented the Brown Family in Brown V. Board of Education in 1954. he became the first African American Justice on the Supreme Court in 1967
  2. 6. Crow A white actor would cover his face with charcoal and then sing and dance in a silly way
  3. 10. Used a variety of strategies to end racial discrimination
  4. 11. F. Kennedy Asked for Legislation "giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public-hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments" as well as "greater protection for the right to vote"
  5. 14. Luther King Jr. Helped found the Southern Christians Leadership Conference
  6. 17. When one group is kept separated from another group
  7. 19. When one group is treated differently from another
  8. 20. Evers A civil right activist who investigated cases for Notional Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP)
  9. 22. to bring races together
  10. 23. X Promoted black independence, self-defense, and human rights
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  1. 1. A word that means the mixing of races
  2. 2. Brown A third grader who helped changed the laws about school segregation
  3. 3. Called for consumers to avoid a product or service that discriminated against African Americans
  4. 5. It was a way to integrate a business or public area. African Americans would sit at "white only" areas and wait to be served
  5. 7. Involved large group of protesters taking to the streets with signs, banners, songs, and chants
  6. 8. Intolerance
  7. 9. more than one race
  8. 12. Methods to call attention to a problem and pressure the government in a peaceful way
  9. 13. Codes Creating a legal form of segregation
  10. 15. A place where a person spends time
  11. 16. to weaken, efforts at equality
  12. 18. Rock Nine integrated their all white high school in 1957
  13. 21. B. Johnson Helped push the bill through Congress. Finally, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law