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Civil Rights/1960's
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law | Civil Rights |
| Supreme Court case where "separate but equal" was ruled constitutional | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| Supreme Court case where "separate but equal" was ruled unconstitutional in public education | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
| boycott of all public buses in Montgomery; Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat in the whites only section | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| sitting at lunch counters that served only whites to protest segregation | sit-in |
| leader in civil rights movement who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech. | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| outlawed discrimination based on gender, religion and natural origin | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | banned the unfair use of literacy tests |
| Counterculture | way of life or beliefs that go against mainstream culture |
| Equal Rights Amendment | a proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of gender (it did not pass) |