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U3 T3 Civil Rights

Civil Rights Social Studies

TermDefinition
segregation practice of keeping people of different races separate from each other
boycott protesting by deciding not to use a product or service
equality state of being equal or having the same rights
integrate to bring together people of all races
discrimination the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people
civil rights rights that belong to all citizens, such as freedom and equality
Civil Rights Movement a group of people working together to fight for their rights, such as freedom and equality
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896 US Supreme Court Case that ruled separate but equal facilities were constitutional
Jim Crow laws laws that enacted segregation throughout the SOUTH
Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka, KS) 1952 court case that ended school segregation
Thurgood Marshall 1st African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board case
Rosa Parks known as "Mother of Civil Rights" and refused to give up her seat on bus, so she was arrested, which led to Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott Started after Rosa Parks arrested for not moving seats for white, and protested riding buses for year - until Supreme Court ended segregation on buses
Little Rock Nine group of African students who wanted to attend Central High in Little Rock, AR, but many people tried to stop them from entering
Lunch Counter Sit-Ins 4 Africans college students peacefully protest by sitting in a "whites only" lunch counter and reused to leave until served
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leader of Civil Rights Movement; protested peacefully for equality
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom march for social equality and jobs for Africans
I Have a Dream Speech speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 at March on Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned racial discrimination at jobs based on race, religion, or national origin
Selma March peaceful protests in a voting rights march in Selma, AL to Montgomery; met by AL state troopers and attcked them
Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting
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