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Civil Rights Crossword

The document is a crossword puzzle focused on the American Civil Rights Movement, featuring clues related to key figures, events, and legal rulings from that era. It includes references to Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and significant marches and laws that enforced racial segregation. The puzzle serves as an educational tool to engage users with historical content.

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Civil Rights Crossword

The document is a crossword puzzle focused on the American Civil Rights Movement, featuring clues related to key figures, events, and legal rulings from that era. It includes references to Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and significant marches and laws that enforced racial segregation. The puzzle serves as an educational tool to engage users with historical content.

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Name Date

Crossword Puzzle:

American Civil
Rights Movement

Captured by Ralph David Abernathy in 1965 CC BY-SA 4.0


Use the clues below to complete the crossword puzzle.

2 3 4

5 6

7 A civil rights march in 1965

Across
2 Woman known as the “mother of the civil
rights movement” after refusing to give up her
9
seat on a bus
5 A doctrine that supported racial segregation
8 by saying “separate but ”
7 A group of students known as the “Little Rock
” who were the first Black students to enter
10 Little Rock’s desegregated Central High School
8 A set of laws in the South that enforced
racial segregation
10 In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received the
Peace Prize for his leadership

Down
1 v. Board of Education was a 1954 ruling that declared racial
segregation in public schools unconstitutional
3 The practice or policy of keeping people of different races separate
from each other
4 The to Montgomery marches were a series of civil rights
protest marches in 1965 to support voting rights
6 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at
the memorial in Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowds 9 Over 200,000 people participated in the on Washington for
in Washington, D.C., 1963 Jobs and Freedom in 1963 to fight for civil and economic rights of
Black Americans

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