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- 2. institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.
- 5. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964.
- 6. a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans.
- 7. a sudden, radical, or complete change.
- 8. the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
- 11. equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
- 13. a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
- 14. laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.
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- 1. an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14
- 3. the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- 4. African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California
- 9. an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire
- 10. National Pan-Hellenic Council
- 12. the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
