Ballad of Birmingham Crossword Puzzle

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A 14-clue crossword on Dudley Randall's "Ballad of Birmingham," a narrative poem about the 1963 bombing of a Black church in Alabama. Clues cover the historical event, literary devices like irony and setting, poetic terms like quatrain, and the poem's themes. Use it for poetry unit review, historical context in a civil rights lesson, or comprehension check for Grades 7–9 students.