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Civil Rights

Unit 5 Civil Rights

TermDefinition
civil rights rights of citizens to political & social freedom & equality
de jure segregation separation enforced by law
de facto segregation separation that happens socially
Plessy vs Ferguson declared segregation constitutional & introduced "separate but equal"
Brown vs Board of Education declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Emmett Till 14 year old African American child brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Little Rock Nine 9 African American students who were first to enroll at Little Rock Central High
sit-in peaceful tactic of Civil Rights Movement (begun by Greensboro 4) to sit & quietly await service
Greensboro 4 4 A&T students who staged first sit-in at Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC
Ella Baker Civil rights activist who was raised in NC
Governor Terry Sanford the "civil rights" governor of NC
Freedom Riders Civil Rights activists who traveled through the South to test whether or not unconstitutional segregation still existed with public transportation
March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
Freedom Summer student volunteers who went to the South to register black voters
Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pettus Bridge (Bloody Sunday) (Selma, Alabama) Civil rights activists were brutally attacked during a peaceful march in support of universal suffrage
Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibiited racial discrimination in voting (including literacy tests & taxes)
13th Amendment abolished slavery
14th Amendment gave citizenship (& all rights) to former slaves
15th Amendment gave voting rights to African American men
Governor Jim Hunt NC's "education" governor
19th Amendment gave voting rights to women
suffrage the right to vote
Jim Crow laws state & local segregation laws
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