| KING | Leader of the American civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968 |
| ABRAHAMLINCOLN | The 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 (7,7) |
| MCKINLEY | William _, the 25th President of the United States, from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 (8) |
| LINCOLN | President of the USA from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 (7) |
| ROSA | Figure of the American civil rights movement, - - - Parks |
| BAYARD | Key figure of the American civil rights movement and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr (5,6) |
| RUSTIN | Key figure of the American civil rights movement and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr (5,6) |
| JULIANBOND | Leader in the American civil rights movement |
| WESHALLOVERCOME | Song associated with the American civil rights movement (2,5,8) |
| SELMA | Alabama city central to the American Civil Rights movement |
| OVERCOME | We Shall ___, traditional song associated with the American civil rights movement (8) |
| ACRONYM | Shortened name of old city adopted by American civil rights movement's leaders (7) |
| DOE | Liberian dictator from 1980 to his assassination in 1990, Samuel ... |
| BECKET | Archbishop of Canterbury whose opposition to Henry II resulted in his assassination by four knights in his cathedral in 1170 and subsequent canonisation (6) |
| CHICKAMAUGA | The battle of ___ Creek, fought 18-20 September 1863, which was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War (11) |
| FORTSUMTER | The site of the first engagement of the American Civil War |
| ROSEPARKS | The 'mother of the civil rights movement', best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955/56 (4,5) |
| ROYWILKINS | American civil rights activist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B Johnson in 1967 |
| LAURAKEENE | Actress and manager whose company's performance of play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC was attended by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination (5,5) |
| ICLAUDIUS | Novel by English writer Robert Graves dealing with the history of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44BC to Caligula's assassination in AD41 (1,8) |
