•Civil Rights Crossword Puzzle•

Who gave up their seat on the bus?
Made " Separate But equal" unconstitutional Decision saying, segregation in schools is a violation of the 14th amendment, 1954
what was founded in 1909 to work for racial equality
In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses.
what method of protest that drew attention to a problem without using violence?
A city in Alabama that was called "the most segregated city in America," even though 40% of the population was black
Director of the NAACP in Mississippi and a lawyer who defended accused Blacks
Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections
Prohibits any form of segregation, federally prosecute states that promote discrimination
A law established to help obliterate barriers to African American suffrage.
Programs designed to ensure that women, minorities, and other traditionally disadvantaged groups have full and equal oppuritunities
spread ideas of black nationalism , rejected his original name because it was his family's slave name.
poverty, unemployment & racial discrimination - emptypromises of racial equality in the North
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation
belief that Black Americans could only improve their lives by forming a separate society