Civil Rights

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Across
  1. 2. An American Activist who was a member of the Black Muslims.
  2. 3. An organization that pushed women good jobs at equal pay.
  3. 4. A program started by President Johnson that provided help to the poor, elderly, and woman.
  4. 5. Hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
  5. 7. A Civil Rights leader who campaigned against the segregation of blacks .
  6. 9. The first African American to serve on the U.S Supreme Court.
  7. 13. A person who objects or disapproves, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.
  8. 15. This law banned literacy tests and other laws that kept African Americans from registering to vote.
  9. 18. The 35th President of the United States of America.
Down
  1. 1. Rights to personal freedom
  2. 2. A political and social protest lasting 13 months to end segregation on public buses.
  3. 6. A Civil Rights act where African Americans rode public buses into the segregated area of the south.
  4. 8. A Civil Rights Leader who refused to give up her seat to a white man.
  5. 9. The examination before a judicial tribunal.
  6. 10. Making a distinction in favor of or against a person based on the group, class, or category to which that person belongs.
  7. 11. A protest where people refuse to move until demands are met.
  8. 12. To put to death, most often by hanging.
  9. 14. A separation of races.
  10. 16. A Civil Rights activist who founded The National farm Workers Association.
  11. 17. A person or thing that precipitates an event or change.