Civil Rights Intro

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Across
  1. 3. Over 200,000 protesters showed up to this event on August 28, 1963 to send a message to Congress to pass a new Civil Rights bill
  2. 6. 14 year old who was murdered, his body was seen throughout the United States during his funeral
  3. 7. Baptist minister known as the leader of the Civil Rights movement
  4. 10. Known for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white passenger
  5. 12. African Americans ride buses from Washington DC to New Orleans sitting in the front of the bus and using "white" restrooms
  6. 15. Segregation that is unwritten and looks more like a tradition or custom, would be seen in Northern States
  7. 16. Where marches started in Alabama to fight for their right to vote
Down
  1. 1. Segregation that is imposed by law
  2. 2. Militant group advocating armed confrontations
  3. 4. Banned poll taxes
  4. 5. Leader of Nation of Islam and advocated for the separation of the races
  5. 8. A group of students who were supported by Eisenhower to desegregate Central High School in Arkansas
  6. 9. Lawyer for the NAACP and an associate Justice of the Supreme Court
  7. 11. Sit in a restaurant or business that refused to serve Blacks and stay until close, not moving
  8. 13. A Supreme Court case that ruled separate but equal violates the 14th Amendment
  9. 14. Major political organization promoting civil rights, still around today