Civil Rights Leaders Word Search

Find activists and advocates who challenged discrimination and worked for equal rights around the world.

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About the Civil Rights Leaders Word Search

This puzzle features people who organized, spoke, marched, and campaigned for civil rights in the United States and around the world. Its names include Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, Cesar Chavez, Nelson Mandela, and Wangari Maathai. Students and history readers can use it to recall familiar figures and discover leaders from different movements and countries.

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  • Anna Julia Cooper
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • B R Ambedkar
  • Baker
  • Bates
  • Bayard
  • Bayard Rustin
  • Bethune
  • Cesar Chavez
  • Claudette Colvin
  • Daisy Bates
  • Desmond Tutu
  • Dolores Huerta
  • Dorothy Height
  • Ella Baker
  • Evers
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Hamer
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Harvey Milk
  • Hector P Garcia
  • James Farmer
  • King
  • Larry Itliong
  • Liu Xiaobo
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Malcolm X
  • Medgar Evers
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Parks
  • Pauli Murray
  • Roy Wilkins
  • Ruby Bridges
  • Rustin
  • Septima Clark
  • Shirin Ebadi
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Sylvia Rivera
  • Thurgood
  • Wangari Maathai
  • Wells
  • Whitney Young

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