Lesson 54 Crossword

2. An American activist that was a member of the Nation of Islam
5. The speech that Martin Luther King Jr shared during the Civil Rights Movement
7. The man to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr
11. The first African American to play Major League Baseball
15. Act passed to allow African Americans to vote
16. Martin Luther King Jr's Wife's name
20. Man who led the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

1. The man that led the Congress on Racial Equality
3. War fought by the Northern and Southern Confederate states
4. The last name of the president that was assassinated in November 1963
6. First African American to attend the University of Mississippi
7. Bus driver that asked Rosa Parks to move
8. A system that kept African Americans and Whites seperated
9. Created to examine the causes behind rioting
10. The store that refused to serve coffee to 4 African American college students
12. National effort made by black people to eliminate racial segregation
13. Founded the Nation of Islam
14. Last name of the president that signed the bill that made it illegal to refuse employment based on race
17. The woman that refused to give up her seat to a white man
18. The man who joined with Martin Luther King Jr to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
19. The law that created a permanent civil rights commission to assist black suffrage