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Chapter 54 US II

Vocabulary terms for Chapter 54 in US History eText

TermDefinition
Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Case that stated separate but equal was legal
Jim Crow Laws that allowed for segregation based upon skin color
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP
Thurgood Marshall Lead attorney for NAACP in Brown v Board of Education case
Jackie Robinson First African-American player in Major League Baseball
Earl Warren Chief Justice of US Supreme Court during Brown v Board of Education
Rosa Parks African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL bus
James Blake Bus driver in Rosa Parks incident
Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Leader became face of Civil Rights Movement
Mohandas Gandhi Indian leader who advocated for nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience
Ralph Abernathy Civil Rights leader, friend of MLK Jr
Montgomery Improvement Association Organization that organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation Separation, in this case separation based upon skin color
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Organization dedicated to fighting segregation
Orval Faubus Arkansas Governor who was against integration
Little Rock Nine African-American students who were integrated into Arkansas Schools
Dwight D Eisenhower US President, WWII War hero
Civil Rights Act 1959 created permanent civil rights commission
Sit-ins Nonviolent protests in an attempt to be served in segregated restaurants
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Students from around the US organized to give younger Americans a voice in Civil Rights
Congress on Racial Equality Instituted Freedom Rides throughout the South
James Meredith First African-American to attend the University of Mississippi
Bull Connor Birmingham Alabama Police Chief who attacked student protestors
24th Amendment Banned Poll Taxes in 1964
Poll Tax Taxes paid so people could vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Banned practices meant to exclude African-Americans from voting
James Earl Ray The man convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr
Watts Section of Los Angeles where riots broke out in Summer of 1965
Long Hot Summer Riots broke out throughout many US cities based upon racial issues
Kerner Commission Presidential commission created to find the cause of race riots
Great Society Program President Johnson’s Program to improve the lives of Americans
Malcolm Little Malcolm X Civil Rights Leader who advocated for change by any means necessary
Nation of Islam Advocated for separation of Americans based upon their skin color
Elijah Muhammad Second leader of nation of Islam, turned on Malcolm X
Black Panther Party Political organization that also used violence to counter racial hatred in the US
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