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Civil Rights Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Civil Rights leader, promoted non-violence, assassinated in 1968. |
| Segregation | Separation of people by race |
| Integrate | Bring races together in public places. |
| Rosa Parks | Refused to move for a white person on a bus in Montgomery, AL - 1955. |
| Jim Crow | Local laws enforcing segregation. |
| Boycott | Refuse to use or buy. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Terrorist group that used violence, intimidation, and fear to suppress the rights of black people. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | No literacy test or poll tax or any law that discriminates against voters based on race. |
| CORE | Congress on Racial Equality. |