Across
- 6. Civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 8. Civil rights leader advocating Black pride and self-defense.
- 11. Large increase in births after WWII.
- 12. Movement of white families from cities to suburbs.
- 14. Supreme Court case ending school segregation.
- 16. Literary movement rejecting traditional values.
- 18. Segregation by practice, not law.
- 19. Developed the polio vaccine.
- 20. Johnson’s programs to end poverty and racial injustice.
- 22. 35th U.S. president.
- 25. Activists who challenged segregation on buses.
- 26. First African American Supreme Court justice.
- 28. Term describing JFK’s presidency as idealistic.
- 29. Health insurance for the elderly.
Down
- 1. Redrawing voting districts based on population.
- 2. rights leader advocating nonviolence.
- 3. Banned segregation and discrimination.
- 4. Mexican workers brought to the U.S. for farm labor.
- 5. Television, radio, and print that influenced public opinion.
- 7. Kennedy’s reform program.
- 9. Residential communities outside cities that grew rapidly after WWII.
- 10. Southern Democrats who opposed civil rights reforms.
- 13. Protected voting rights for minorities.
- 15. Segregation enforced by law.
- 17. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- 21. Truman’s plan to expand social welfare programs.
- 22. First African American student at the University of Mississippi.
- 23. Investigated JFK’s assassination.
- 24. Government programs to rebuild cities.
- 27. Health insurance for low-income people.