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HST316B Unit 2
Civil Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Black Panthers | a militant "black power" group founded in 1966 |
| boycott | to refuse to do business with a person or entity usually as a means of protest |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Supreme Court ruling in 1954, overturning the "separate but equal" policy, this opened the way for integration of public schools. |
| civil disobedience | refusal to obey an unjust law as a form of nonviolent protest |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | law ending segregation in public accommodations and banned racial discrimination in hiring |
| Jim Crow Laws | segregation laws passed by white Southern Legislatures |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | successful boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama city bus system to protest discrimination against African Americans |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, civil rights organization to improve the status and rights of African Americans |
| poll tax | a fee charged for voting |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court decision establishing legal segregation in public facilities as long as they were "equal". |
| segregation | the separation of races, particularly in public facilities and education |
| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee | (SCLC) a civil rights group that organized Freedom Riders throughout the South to protest segregation |
| Non-Violent Resistence | practice of achieving social change through protests, civil disobedience, or noncooperation while being nonviolent |
| Integration | the intermixing of races previously separated |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 |
| freedom riders | civil rights volunteers who challenged illegal segregation on buses and in bus terminals throughout the South in 1961 |
| Voting Rights Act | 1965 law that removed obstacles to voting like literacy tests and poll taxes |
| The Feminine Mystique | a book published in 1963 by Betty Friedan that is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism |
| National Organization for Women | (NOW) civil rights organization founded in 1966 to improve the status and rights of women |
| Equal Rights Amendment | 1972 proposed amendment to the Constitution to gain equality based on gender, it has never been approved (ratified) by enough states to become a law |
| Red Power Movement | a social movement led by Native American youth to demand rights to make policies and programs for themselves while maintaining and controlling their own land and resources |
| Cesar Chavez | Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader, community organizer, and Latino American civil rights activist. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, later renamed the United Farm Workers union. |
| American Indian Movement | (AIM) activist group founded in 1968 as part of the American Indian civil rights movement |
| Title IX | (Title Nine) part of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 that guarantees equal participation for men and women in educational programs receiving federal assistance |
| United Farm Workers of America | (UFWA) union of migrant workers led by Cesar Chavez; used boycotts and nonviolent marches to fight for rights of farm workers in the 60s and 70s |
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