This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Civil Rights & Social Movements has 26 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Congress of Racial Equality
Rights groups still around today, main group in 1960s
formed to find the cause of race riots
head of NAACP's legal team, first black Supreme Court member
de jure segregation is legal
promise to fight racial integration
"Blood will run in the streets" Gov.
ordered committee on civil rights (1950s)
rights of the states have their own laws
equality legislation passed in 1964
toured through the South on buses
racist police commissioner
beginning of college activism
preached about black separatism
the topic of "freedom summer", what people were fighting for
most segregated city in the South
largest protest of the Civil Rights Movement
method of protest used by MLK and Ghandi
face, voice, & leader of CRM
Christian group MLK was a leader of
first battleground for public schools and Brown v. Board of Edu.
busing integration hero
go in, sit down, don't leave until served or arrested
military-like black group from CA
killed MLK
inspired MLK's strategies