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Civil Rights

TermDefinition
Plessy v. Ferguson An 1896 Supreme Court case that legalized segregation of public facilities for blacks and whites. It established the "Separate but equal" principle.
13th Amendment This amendment abolished slavery
Poll taxes OR literacy tests OR grandfather clauses OR Jim Crow Laws This is an example of a barrier that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote during and after Reconstruction.
14th Amendment This amendment granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law.
The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People This civil rights organization was founded in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois and that helped African Americans fight for their rights. It still exists today.
15th Amendment This amendment granted African American males suffrage (the right to vote)
Integration This term means allowing Black and White people to function together in society. It is the opposite of segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education This 1954 Supreme Court case decision integrated public schools. It overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Jackie Robinson The first African American man to play major league baseball.
Harry Truman This president was responsible for integrating the military.
Thurgood Marshall The first African American Supreme Court Justice. He was also a lawyer for the NAACP who helped win Brown v. Board of Ed.
Civil Disobedience A refusal to obey certain laws as a form of peaceful protest. This was a common tactic used during the Civil Rights Movement.
The Little Rock Nine President Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops to a high school to ensure that these students got to exercise their right to attend an integrated school.
Rosa Parks This woman refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Martin Luther King, Jr. The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott who is most well known for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
The Sit-Ins This form of protest began at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 This law aimed to end segregation in society.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 This law aimed to end literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses.
Booker T. Washington This leader of the Civil Rights Movement believed that equal rights for African Americans would be achieved gradually, through vocational (job) training.
W.E.B. DuBois This leader of the Civil Rights Movement believed equality for African Americans should be immediate. He was also the founder of the NAACP.
Malcolm X This leader of the Civil Rights Movement supported achieving equality "by any means necessary". He was also a member of the Nation of Islam.
Lyndon B. Johnson This president signed into law both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
The Montgomery Bus Boycott The decision to integrate public buses across the nation was a direct result of this event...
The March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at this event during the Civil Rights Movement.
John F. Kennedy This President, who was considered a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated in 1963.
The Freedom Rides These were a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961.
Discrimination Treating members of different races, religions, ethnic groups unfairly.
Jim Crow Laws State laws in the South that legalized segregation.
Civil Disobedience Peacefully refusing to obey laws is called...Martin Luther King supported this tactic during the Civil Rights Movement.
Segregation. Separating people of different races in society. A major goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to outlaw this.
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