Crossword Puzzle (Medium)

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Across
  1. 4. – A U.S spy plane shot down over the USSR
  2. 11. – A 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi, sparking national outrage and becoming a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
  3. 13. – 37th President of the United States
  4. 15. – A prominent African American leader and member of the Nation of Islam, known for advocating for black empowerment and self-defense before shifting towards a more inclusive approach to civil rights.
  5. 19. – A group of nine African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, with federal support following violent opposition.
  6. 20. – A period in time when vibrant musicians and cultural expressions among African Americans, centered in Harlem and New York.
  7. 21. – A form of protest in which activists would sit at segregated lunch counters and demand service, a tactic that became a hallmark of the Civil Rights Movement.
  8. 23. (StudentNonviolentCoordinatingCommittee) – Civil rights group formed by students to organize grassroots activism.
  9. 24. – A historic rally where over 250,000 people gathered to demand jobs and freedom, most famously featuring Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Down
  1. 1. – Banned poll taxes in federal elections, removing a barrier for many Black voters.
  2. 2. – A civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. that coordinated nonviolent protests and aimed to use churches as a base for social change.
  3. 3. – A series of programs initiated by President Johnson in the 1960s aimed at reducing poverty and inequality, which included initiatives like Medicare, Medicaid, and educational reform.
  4. 5. – Massive U.S aid package to rebuild Western Europe and contain communism after WWII
  5. 6. – A racially motivated bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African American girls and galvanized public support for the Civil Rights Movement.
  6. 7. – Major civil rights movement led by MLK; drew national attention due to brutal police response.
  7. 8. – The first African American Supreme Court Justice and a key figure in the legal battles of the Civil Rights Movement, most notably the Brown v. Board case.
  8. 9. – A tool used in the South to disenfranchise African American voters by testing their literacy, often using confusing or unfair questions to prevent them from voting.
  9. 10. – Government programs providing health care for the elderly and poor, part of LBJ’s Great Society.
  10. 12. – A tense confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
  11. 14. – Voter registration campaign in Mississippi, aimed at increasing African American voting rights in the South.
  12. 16. – President John F. Kennedy's domestic program aimed at addressing poverty, civil rights, and space exploration, symbolized by the Apollo program.
  13. 17. – Efforts to resist school desegregation by offering parents "choice" in schools, often used in Southern states to delay or avoid full integration.
  14. 18. – Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and the early Cold War, known for his totalitarian rule and policies that led to millions of deaths.
  15. 19. – Letter that MLK wrote while being imprisoned
  16. 22. – A law that banned discrimination in housing, marking another major victory in the Civil Rights Movement.