This printable crossword puzzle has 23 clues. Answers range from 4 to 21 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
overcome the barrier that prevented african american to vote
A city located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama
Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham
a movement in support of rights and political power for black people
segregation imposed by law
1964 effort to register African American voters in Mississippi
was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist
The capital of Arkansas
was an American jurist and politician who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S.
who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S. in 1961
Was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, on April 4, 1968
Grass roots movement of young civil rights activists founded in 1960.
Organization of militant African American founded in 1966.
was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m.
Constitutional amendment that banned the poll tax as a voting requirement.
Form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move
refuse to give up her seat to a white man
A Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, and Air Force veteran.
A pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
Was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional
Racial segregation, especially in public schools
A piece landmark in the U.S. that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.