Civil Rights

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Across
  1. 4. groundbreaking NAACP attorney
  2. 7. civil rights/labor leader during WWII and after
  3. 9. Dixiecrat candidate in '48
  4. 10. labor leader of Mexican Americans
  5. 11. helped found Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
  6. 12. desegregated military with E.O. in '48
  7. 14. prevention of blacks from living in certain neighborhoods
  8. 15. campaign for support of WWII AND civil rights
Down
  1. 1. NAACP used this amendment as basis for lawsuits
  2. 2. change from the bottom up
  3. 3. used both for AND against civil rights
  4. 5. broke "color barrier" in MLB
  5. 6. state that Linda Brown was deprived equal access to education
  6. 8. lack of voting rights for blacks
  7. 13. this segment of black society grew after WWII