Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 4. The ultimate goal of the civil rights movement, sought for all individuals regardless of race.
  2. 7. A public demonstration against injustice, often peaceful during the civil rights movement.
  3. 8. The enforced separation of racial groups in schools, housing, and public spaces.
  4. 10. The set of laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
  5. 12. Fair treatment and legal protection, demanded by civil rights activists.
  6. 14. The principle that all people deserve the same rights and opportunities.
  7. 15. Unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, or other factors.
  8. 18. A form of peaceful protest where individuals occupy a space, like lunch counters, to demand service.
  9. 19. The process of bringing together people of different races in schools and public facilities.
  10. 20. A refusal to buy or use goods and services to protest injustice, like the Montgomery Bus ___ (1955-1956).
Down
  1. 1. Economic protests that aim to challenge unjust practices by refusing to engage financially.
  2. 2. Interracial bus trips challenging segregation in the South during 1961.
  3. 3. The philosophy and strategy used by leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.
  4. 5. This institution made landmark rulings like Brown v. Board of Education, ending school segregation.
  5. 6. Unfounded opinions or attitudes, often leading to discrimination.
  6. 9. Someone who works for political or social change, like Rosa Parks or John Lewis.
  7. 11. These were targeted by literacy tests and other barriers until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  8. 13. Prejudice or discrimination based on race, often institutionalized during this era.
  9. 16. The city where Rosa Parks' arrest sparked the bus boycott and galvanized the movement.
  10. 17. A mass movement of people walking to demonstrate for a cause, such as the one to Washington in 1963.