Civil Rights Movement After WWII

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Across
  1. 2. Formed in 1960, it emphasized grassroots organizing
  2. 3. Segregation laws in the South enforced "separate but equal" status
  3. 6. The Selma to Montgomery March (1965) was known as this
  4. 10. Aimed to protect Black communities from police brutality and implemented community programs
  5. 12. One of the founders of the Black Panthers
  6. 15. Leader of the Black Power movement
  7. 16. Key protest movement from 1955-1956 in Alabama
  8. 17. Organized to desegregate interstate bus travel
  9. 20. One legacy of the Civil Rights Movement was that it helped illegalize this
Down
  1. 1. Ended segregation in public schools
  2. 4. Laws passed in 1957 & 1964 to address voting rights, public accommodations, and discrimination in employment
  3. 5. Black Americans often faced discrimination in _____ and education
  4. 7. Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed
  5. 8. Location of the sit-ins
  6. 9. Founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957
  7. 11. After WWII, many Black veterans returned home with expectations of freedom & equality, inspired by their _____
  8. 13. Sit-ins and Freedom Rides often faced _____ resistance
  9. 14. Supreme Court case overturned by Brown v. Board of Education
  10. 18. Speech that the March on Washington in 1963 is best remembered for
  11. 19. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by the actions _____