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Civil Rights Vocab
Ms. Lang - Civil Rights Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boycott | a refusal to buy certain goods |
| Pacifist | a person morally opposed to war/violence |
| Diversity | a variety of people/the inclusion of different types of people (such as people of different races or cultures) |
| Sit-In | any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a certain place. |
| Freedom Ride | a protest against segregation on interstate busing in the South |
| SNCC | formed in 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee was created to give young people a larger role in the civil rights movement |
| Freedom Summer | in 1964, the SNCC organized a voter-registration drive |
| Protest | a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. |
| Segregation | separation, especially of races |
| Racism | the belief that some people are inferior because of their race |
| Integrate | to bring together or incorporate |
| Minority | a group that is different racially, politically, religiously, etc, from a larger group of which it is a part of |
| Civil Rights | rights granted to all citizens |
| Amendable | changeable |
| Civil Disobedience | peacefully refusing to obey laws one considers unjust |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws meant to enforce separation of white and black people in public places in the south |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | an 1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that separation of the races in public accommodations was legal |
| Brown v. Board of Education | a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional. It desegregated schools. |
| Affirmative-Action | the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority-group members, especially in employment. |
| NAACP | formed in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Great Society | a program started by President Lyndon Johnson that provided help to the poor, the elderly, and women, and also promoted education and outlawed discrimination |
| 13th Amendment | banned slavery in the United States |
| 14th Amendment | made all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves citizens of the United States. |
| 15th Amendment | stated that citizens could not be stopped from voting “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” |
| 19th Amendment | in 1920 gave women full voting rights |
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