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Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites Jim Crow Laws
Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group. Discrimination
Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences Segregation
A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority. Prejudice
Individuals, usually outside of the government, who actively promote a political party, philosophy, or issue they care about. Activists
A Civil Rights leader who believed in fighting for equal rights through non-violent ways. Martin Luther King Jr.
A Civil Rights leader that believed in fighting for equal rights through any means necessary. Malcolm X
In September 1957 the school board won a court order to admit nine African American students to Central High a school with 2,000 white students. The governor ordered troops from Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine from entering the school. The Little Rock Nine
Court found that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional Brown vs. Board of Education
People refuse to buy a company's product until the company meets demands. boycotts
The act of a group of people walking together to show that they want change. marches
to protest at lunch counters that served only whites, African Americans students began staging this Sit-ins
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation Freedom Riders
In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city buses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. Montgomery Bus Boycott
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin Civil Rights Act of 1964
a policy designed to reduce the barriers to voting for those suffering discrimination. Voting Rights Act of 1965
American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Thurgood Marshall
held in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. 250,000 people attended the rally March on Washington
the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races Integration
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