U.S. History: Civil Rights Movement Crossword

arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus
first black justice on the Supreme Court
student non-violent coordinating committee
formed to use activism and non-violent protest to bring an end to segregation
law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage (1965)
made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal (1964)
rode on interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S. to test the ruling of unsegregated public places
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
boycott of city buses led by Dr. MLK
segregation imposed by law
segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice
state level legal codes of segregation, such as literacy tests and poll taxes
led black community to peaceful nonviolence protests against the injustices they faced
association founded in 1909 to work for racial equality
activist in civil rights; leader of SNCC
1963 demonstration in which more than 200,000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights
organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966
social movement in the U.S. in which people organized to demand equal rights for African Americans and other minorities
required citizens of a state to pay a special tax in order to vote
first black major league baseball player
Arkansas governor Orval Faubus called the National Guard to keep black students from enrolling in Little Rock's Central High School; President Eisenhower sent the Army to force integration for the students
organized the United Farm Workers