CIVIL RIGHTS ERA - Johnston 7th - Cypress Toman

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Across
  1. 3. Legalized racial segregation, "separate but equal" doctrine.
  2. 4. Original SNCC Freedom Rider. popularized "Black Power" phrase. Leader of SNCC and Black Panther Party.
  3. 6. Black nationalist, theological movement combining elements of Islam with the Black Power movement.
  4. 7. 1964 civil rights political party that empowered African American voter registration and accelerated the 1965 voting rights act.
  5. 11. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee, founded by student leaders, leading non-violent direct action. Organized sit-in's, freedom rides, and freedom summer.
  6. 14. Group of African American students that were the first to integrate into Central High School in Arkansas. After Brown vs. Board ruling.
  7. 16. Amendment that granted citizenship and Equal protection to African Americans.
  8. 17. Civil rights org protecting free speech, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, voting rights, and reproductive freedom. Protected activists
  9. 18. Appointed by president Johnson to investigate racial riots.
  10. 20. Amendment that granted voting rights to African Americans.
Down
  1. 1. Southern laws that enforced racial segregation. "Separate but equal". Segregation in public places and limited voting rights. Poll taxes and literacy tests.
  2. 2. First federal civil rights legislation, protected voting rights, U.S. Commison on Civil Rights, response to Brown vs. Board.
  3. 5. Initiative by African American newspapers for victory against fascism abroad and racism/segregation at home.
  4. 8. Amendment that abolished slavery.
  5. 9. Co-founder of Black Power political organization and Black Panther Party.
  6. 10. Civil rights org directing nonviolent direct action against segregation in the south.
  7. 12. Civil rights org for nonviolent direct action, founded in Chicago, to coordinate sit-in's and first freedom rides.
  8. 13. Amendment that prohibited Jim Crow Laws' poll taxes.
  9. 15. Outlawed segregation in public accommodations. Ended Jim Crow Laws, protected voting rights, established Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  10. 19. Oldest civil rights org fighting to end discrimination through lobbying,legal advocacy and local chapters. Involved in Brown V. Board of Education.