Civil Rights Movement Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Civil Rights & Social Movements has 27 clues. Answers range from 4 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A Civil Rights leader who originally did not believe in integration and principles of non-violence
A series of peaceful protests against segregated lunch counters at Woolworth's department stores
The _________________________________ of 1964 banned discrimination by race, gender, religion, and national origin
The ___________________________________ of 1965 gave the federal government power to force local officials to allow African Americans to vote
Claudette _________________________ was the first person to be arrested for not moving on the bus in Montgomery
African American students who were denied entry to a previously all white school in Arkansas
A series of boycotts that was sparked after Rosa Parks was arrested
A group that acted as a militia in Oakland, California
The act of not obeying a law that is unjust
A group created by CORE that protested bus segregation by riding interstate buses in mixed racial groups
A series of marches that led to the Voting Rights Act being signed
Winner of the 1960 presidential election
The Republican candidate in the 1960 presidential election
The President who signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools
The Supreme Court Case that determined that "separate but equal" is constitutional
A Civil Rights leader that preached Non-Violence
A Civil Rights organization created by students
A Civil Rights organization created by Dr. King
The Civil Rights organization that created the Freedom Riders
Rosa Parks was a secretary of this organization
These laws were created in order to segregate races and were mostly present in the South
This Movement encouraged African-Americans to create their own culture and disagreed with the non-violent movement for integration
This President ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to allow African-American students into the school
The domestic programs created by Johnson
The domestic and foreign programs created by Kennedy
Johnson declared a war on _______________________
