Civil Rights Crossword

1. The first Black Supreme Court Justice who argued the Brown v. Board case.
3. Movement encouraging pride in Black identity and control over communities.
5. Year-long protest against segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
7. Student group that organized protests, sit-ins, and voter registration.
9. 1965 law that banned barriers like literacy tests that kept Black people from voting.
11. 1963 event where thousands demanded civil rights; MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
12. Civil rights activists who rode buses to protest segregation in bus stations.
13. Organizer and activist who helped form SNCC and believed in grassroots leadership.
15. Bringing people of different races together, especially in schools.
18. Civil rights activist who popularized the phrase “Black Power.”
19. Keeping people apart based on race.
21. Fees people had to pay to vote, used to stop Black people from voting.
27. Nine Black students who integrated an all-white high school in Arkansas.
29. State laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.
30. 1964 law that banned segregation and discrimination in public places.

2. Segregation that happens by custom or practice, not by law.
3. City in Alabama known for protests and violence that brought attention to civil rights.
4. Supreme Court case that ended school segregation.
6. Refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
8. NAACP leader who fought for voting rights in Mississippi and was assassinated.
10. Civil rights activist and leader in the Selma marches and SNCC.
14. Leader in the sit-ins and Freedom Rides, and helped coordinate student activism.
16. First Black student to attend the University of Mississippi.
17. Peaceful protests where people refused to leave segregated lunch counters.
20. Civil rights leader who supported Black pride and believed in self-defense.
22. Group led by MLK that used nonviolence to fight segregation.
23. Reading tests given to stop Black people from voting.
24. Segregation that is enforced by law.
25. City in Alabama where marches for voting rights began, leading to the Voting Rights Act.
26. A pastor and civil rights leader who believed in nonviolent protest and led the March on Washington.
28. Civil rights group that worked through the courts to end discrimination.