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| 2. | / United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding segregation and the constitutionality of the "separate but equal" doctrine. |
| 5. | a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 *Martin Luther King Jr. deliverd his speech I Have A Dream |
| 6. | an African American writer best known for his works for theatre and poetry |
| 8. | civil rights activist that led a civil rights march, the March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi in 1966 and was wounded by sniper Aubrey James Norvell on June 6 |
| 10. | the president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL), a civil rights and pro self-help organization |
| 12. | people obey a contract as though there were a law enforcing it yet there is no such law |
| 16. | a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest |
| 18. | an African American organization founded to promote civil rights and self-defense |
| 20. | the establishment of separate public schools for black and white students inherently unequal |
| 21. | civil rights ativast who refused to give up her seat to a white man |
| 22. | a notable for his leadership of the Black Muslims and the Nation of Islam |
| 23. | nonviolent resistance |
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| 1. | the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States |
| 3. | also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s; first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party. |
| 4. | 1954-1968 A reform movements that aimed at abolishing public and private acts of racial discrimination and racism against African Americans |
| 7. | / a policy or a program of increasing the representation of certain designated groups allegedly seeking to redress discrimination or bias through active measures |
| 9. | outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin: in voting, employment, and public services |
| 11. | outlawed the requirement that would-be voters in the United States take literacy tests to qualify to register to vote |
| 13. | people who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the outlawed racial segregation in interstate transportation facilities |
| 14. | (NWP), was a women's organization founded in 1913 that fought for women's rights during the early 20th century |
| 15. | India's non-violent protester |
| 17. | (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with an aim of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of the black men and women of America and the rest of the world |
| 19. | mandated "separate but equal" status for black Americans |
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