en CR Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary 20 segregation : policy of keeping people apart because of race or religion desegregation : policy of putting people back together integration : immigrants or minorities included in mainstream society Malcolm X : influential in getting people to believe in black power and self defense as opposed to King's peace Rosa Parks : Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Martin Luther King Jr : opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations NAACP : National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Black Panthas : believed that racism was an inherent part of the US capitalist society and were militant self-styled revolutionaries for Black Power 24th Amendment : prohibits congress and states from using any method to keep someone from voting based on ethnicity Civil Rights Act of 1964 : made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal Boycott : A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies Brown vs Board of Education : a Court case that ruled that segregation was unconstitutional overturned Plessey v Ferguson Plessy vs Ferguson : 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal Jim Crow Laws : 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal Literacy : the ability to read and write Civil Rights : the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality Maya Angelo : African American book writer and poet Gwendolyn Brooks : African American book writer and poet Emmett Till : African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at age 14 Black Code : laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1865 that restricting African Americans freedom 15th Amendment : Specifically gave newly-freed male slaves the right to vote Discrimination : act of prejudice and/racism KKK : a secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights

Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary

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Across:

1.	African American book writer and poet
3.	act of prejudice and/racism
5.	the ability to read and write
6.	a Court case that ruled that segregation was unconstitutional overturned Plessey v Ferguson
7.	1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

10.	immigrants or minorities included in mainstream society
14.	laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1865 that restricting African Americans freedom
17.	Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
18.	A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
19.	policy of putting people back together

Down:

2.	African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at age 14
4.	policy of keeping people apart because of race or religion
8.	prohibits congress and states from using any method to keep someone from voting based on ethnicity
9.	influential in getting people to believe in black power and self defense as opposed to King's peace
11.	African American book writer and poet

12.	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
13.	a secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
14.	believed that racism was an inherent part of the US capitalist society and were militant self-styled revolutionaries for Black Power
15.	the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
16.	Specifically gave newly-freed male slaves the right to vote

Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary

Across:

1.	African American book writer and poet
3.	act of prejudice and/racism
5.	the ability to read and write
6.	a Court case that ruled that segregation was unconstitutional overturned Plessey v Ferguson
7.	1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

10.	immigrants or minorities included in mainstream society
14.	laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1865 that restricting African Americans freedom
17.	Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
18.	A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
19.	policy of putting people back together

Down:

2.	African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at age 14
4.	policy of keeping people apart because of race or religion
8.	prohibits congress and states from using any method to keep someone from voting based on ethnicity
9.	influential in getting people to believe in black power and self defense as opposed to King's peace
11.	African American book writer and poet

12.	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
13.	a secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
14.	believed that racism was an inherent part of the US capitalist society and were militant self-styled revolutionaries for Black Power
15.	the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
16.	Specifically gave newly-freed male slaves the right to vote