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Civil Rights Vocab

TermDefinition
segregation separation by race
boycott to refuse to do business with
nonviolence peaceful forms of protest or resistance
discrimination to treat people differently or unfairly due to their race, gender, religion, etc.
Jim Crow laws laws that enforced segregation
protest to speak out against; to show disapproval or objection
Brown v. The Board of Education The Supreme Court decision that made segregation in schools illegal.
Little Rock Nine A group of African-American high schoolers who helped to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ruby Bridges An African American first grader who helped integrate schools by attending an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Birmingham Church bombing A bombing at an African-American church in Birmingham killed four girls and brough attention to the struggle for Civil Rights.
Freedom Riders Interracial groups of bus riders who rode buses to the South to protest segregation.
Murder of Emmett Till The brutal lynching of a 14-year-old helped to spark the Civil Rights Movement.
sit-ins A form of nonviolence where Civil Rights activists would sit at whites-only lunch counters to protest segregation.
March from Selma to Montgomery Interrupted by police violence, this was a series of marches in support of voting rights led by MLK and other religious leaders.
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