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Civil Rights 2025

Civil Rights Terms from 2025

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​​Rosa Parks An American activist in the Civil Rights Movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Thurgood Marshall An American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; he was the Court's first African-American justice.
Martin Luther King Jr. An American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement; he advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience.
Little Rock Nine A group of nine African American students who enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in 1957; their enrollment was a test of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
Montgomery Bus Boycott A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
Brown v. Board of Education A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
Cooper v. Aaron A 1958 Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and declared that states could not nullify federal court orders.
Jim Crow Laws State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States to enforce racial segregation.
Segregation The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
Emmett Till An African-American teenager who was kidnapped, beaten, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being falsely accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store.
The March on Washington A large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. in 1963; it advocated for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
I Have a Dream Speech The name given to the iconic speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington in 1963.
Birmingham Children's Crusade A series of marches and demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, organized by young people to protest segregation.
Bloody Sunday The name given to the events of March 7, 1965, when peaceful civil rights marchers were attacked by police officers in Selma, Alabama.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 A landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Women's Rights Movement A social movement that advocates for equal rights and opportunities for women.
Cesar Chavez An American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW).
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