Civil Rights in the USA

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Across
  1. 1. First name for discriminatory laws
  2. 4. Founded in 1909 as a CR organisation
  3. 8. Black power organisation set up in 1966
  4. 10. The rules by which a country's gov works
  5. 11. During strike when workers stand outside
  6. 14. NA's should adopt American values
  7. 18. People released from enslavement
  8. 19. Allows changes to fixed US constitution
  9. 20. US equivalent to the British Parliament
  10. 22. Roe v. Wade legalised this
  11. 24. When the southern states left the Union
  12. 26. Aggressive measure to hasten assimilation
  13. 28. Describes the way of life of NA plains
Down
  1. 2. Location of bus boycott 1975
  2. 3. Surname of girl of landmark 1954 SC case
  3. 5. Those who wanted to end slavery
  4. 6. Surname of opponent to women's rights
  5. 7. Ban on the consumption of alcohol
  6. 9. Last name of CR leader 1950s
  7. 12. Set up in 1942. CR organisation
  8. 13. Campaign to have equality for all
  9. 15. Former prison. Siege in 1969
  10. 16. Belief that alcohol was a social evil
  11. 17. Rebuilding the south after the Civil War
  12. 21. Period of US history 1870s-1890s
  13. 23. The branch of gov that makes policy
  14. 25. Public works organisation 1923
  15. 27. Policy to give AA equality of opportunity