Civil Rights Movement Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. A black woman that refused to give up her seat to a white man.
  2. 7. The first black baseball player in the major leagues.
  3. 8. 600 Black peaceful protesters were beaten in Selma, Alabama.
  4. 11. A pastor and civil rights activist that led the March on Washington and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.
  5. 13. The first African American justice in the Supreme Court.
  6. 15. Protests against buses in Montgomery, Alabama following Rosa Parks' arrest.
  7. 17. A city in Alabama where multiple anti-Jim Crow Laws protests were held.
  8. 18. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  9. 20. Support for African American people and their desire to maintain their national identity.
  10. 24. Protests in the Baltic states that led to their independence from the Soviet Union.
Down
  1. 1. An athletic event that takes place in the summer every four years.
  2. 2. A law that outlaws discrimination based on race, gender, sexuality, or national origin.
  3. 3. A peaceful protest held in Washington DC on August 28, 1963.
  4. 4. Black Awareness at the Olympics
  5. 6. Before the birth of Jesus Christ.
  6. 9. A situation where segregation in schools continued despite legislation not overtly segregating students.
  7. 10. Martin Luther King Jr's speech that took place after the March on Washington.
  8. 12. Lower class Romanian people
  9. 14. A civil rights activist that played a key role in the March on Washington.
  10. 16. The first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
  11. 19. Laws in the southern United States that enforced racial segregation.
  12. 21. The right for women to vote.
  13. 22. A country in the Baltic islands of Europe that is ruled by Communists.
  14. 23. The 36th President of the United States. He took over after Kennedy was assassinated.