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SS8 Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement 1950's - 1960's
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advocacy | Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy that brings about change. |
| Civil Rights Movement | A movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the United States during the 1950's & 1960's. |
| Sit-ins | An example of nonviolent protest where people refuse to leave a restaurant or other establishment until their demands are met. |
| Non-Violent Resistance | the practice of achieving goals such as social change through protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, or other methods while being nonviolent. |
| Boycott | To refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting. |
| Integration | the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights. |
| Segregation | The separation, either by law or by action, of people of different races in all manner of daily activities, such as education, housing, and the use of public facilities. |
| Unconstitutional | A violation of the basic principles or laws set forth in the Constitution of the United States. |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | U.S. Supreme Court decision that made segregation illegal in public schools. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Ended the use of poll taxes and literacy tests, which were used to prevent African-Americans from voting. |
| Freedom Riders | Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to challenge racial segregation. |
| Injustice | Unfairness or undeserved outcomes that lack justice. |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | A civil rights organization in the U.S, formed to advance justice for African Americans |
| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | A civil-rights group formed to give younger African Americans who aimed to achieve political and economic equality for African American. |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | An organization established to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South through nonviolent resistance. |
| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | An organization founded to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the U.S. |
| Equality | The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. |
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T. Simmons
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