Rosa Parks

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  1. 2. The state where Rosa Parks was born and grew up.
  2. 3. Any of the laws that forced racial segregation in the South.
  3. 5. Civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation. Rosa Parks worked as their secretary for 12 years for free.
  4. 7. One of the most successful mass movements against racial segregation.
  5. 9. The highest court in the country that said bus segregation was unconstitutional.
  6. 11. A high school student who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus 9 months before Rosa Parks. She was every bit as brave as Rosa, but her name is often left out of history books.
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  1. 1. Which First Lady did Rosa meet, who was a longtime champion of civil rights?
  2. 4. Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person on December 1, 1955.
  3. 6. The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
  4. 8. A way to protest where you refuse to do business with a company.
  5. 10. city where Rosa Parks died.