Across
- 2. Bridges, Known for desegregating schools in the south
- 6. Tools were created to tame this type of hair
- 7. Jackson, King of Pop music
- 9. first black President of the United States
- 12. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
- 13. Crow, laws that legalized segregation of the Black population of the United States
- 16. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- 17. the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint
- 19. Rights, the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
- 21. Black Lives Matter
- 24. writer and poet passed in 2014 after a life of fighting for social justice and so much more
- 27. Wall Street, former byname of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 29. Colvin, 9 months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat this 15 year old did the same thing
- 30. cause someone to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable
- 32. first black billionaire
- 33. originated in the late 19th to early 20th century including blues, spirituals, hymns, ragtime and more
- 35. Black History Month
Down
- 1. riders, Civil rights activists who rode interstate busses into the segregated Southern United States
- 3. being aware of current social issues
- 4. a U.S. holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States
- 5. antagonism by an individual community or institution against a person or persons based on their membership of a specific group
- 8. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist
- 10. Parks, woman who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man
- 11. just behavior or treatment
- 13. Robinson, made history in 1947 when he was chosen to play for the dodgers
- 14. a state of being united or joined as a whole
- 15. Scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of black people led to the establishment of Black History Month
- 18. food, fried chicken is classified as this
- 20. social disparity
- 22. Ballou, Martin Luther King Jr. Secretary
- 23. Giselle Knowles-Carter
- 25. lack of fairness
- 26. the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
- 28. found over 300 ways to use peanuts
- 31. first black Grammy winner
- 34. last name of an escaped slave who helped others gain freedom