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5 20th Century
Civil Rights Movements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civic Affairs | Issues relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship. |
| Fundamental Rights | A group of rights that have been recognized by the Supreme Court as requiring a high degree of protection from government encroachment. |
| Racial Groups | A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. |
| Civic | Relating to a city or town, especially its administration. |
| Ethnic Groups | A community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent. |
| Local | A particular area or neighborhood. |
| National | Relating to the whole of a country or nation |
| Religious Groups | A set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. |
| Cesar Chavez | Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist. |
| Civil Rights Movement | A struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | A Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and '60s. Gave the "I have a dream" speech. |
| Military Actions | Open and declared conflict between the armed forces of two or more states or nations. |
| Rosa Parks | An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. |
| Susan B Anthony | An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. |
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