This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Civil Rights & Social Movements has 16 clues. Answers range from 7 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Location MLK is arrested for protesting without a permit
Location of first sit-in
Wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Term for when African American students asked for service at white lunch counters and participated in peaceful protests
First African American student to attend University of Mississippi
Prominent leader of Albany Movement
Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Award MLK won in December of 1964
First girl to enter an all white school in Louisiana with the help of the NAACP; featured in a Norman Rockwell painting
President that was supportive of civil rights, even calling MLK's wife while he was in Jail
Name of people that rode buses over state borders
_______v. Virginia This Supreme Court case rules that segregation on vehicles that travel between states is unlawful
Name of one of the girls that dies at the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, along with Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson
Created the Organization of Afro-American Unity
Speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom written by MLK
Group that attacked freedom riders and set their bus on fire