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SAT-Unit6-Hist Vocab
SAT- Unit 6- Historical Vocabulary for Civil Rights Era literature
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jim Crow | refers to a system of racial segregation/ discrimination enforced by laws in the United States, primarily in the South, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. |
| Plessy v Ferguson | U.S. Supreme Court decision supporting the legality of Jim Crow laws that permitted/required "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites. |
| Brown v Board of Education | a landmark 1954 United States Supreme Court decision that declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine |
| March on Washington | a massive political demonstration in Washington, D.C., held on August 28, 1963, to advocate for civil rights and economic equality for African Americans |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | When African Americans in Alabama, refused to ride city buses to protest racial segregation on public transportation. It was sparked by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger. |
| Sit-ins | a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin |
| Segregation | the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others. |
| Non-violent protest | a form of expressing dissent or advocating for change through peaceful means, without resorting to physical violence or aggression |
| Discrimination | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability. |
| De-segregation | the ending of a policy of racial segregation. |
| Freedom Riders | groups of civil rights activists, both black and white, who challenged segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals in the American South |
| Little Rock Nine | African American students who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Central High School in Arkansas, in 1957. Their attempt to enter the all-white school highlighted the resistance to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling |
| Ruby Bridges | She was the first African American child to attend a formerly whites-only school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 |
| Claudette Colvin | she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This would later lead to Rosa Parks doing the same thing and sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. |
| Rosa Parks | best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws |
| Emmett Till | a 14-year-old African American youth, who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman. His horribly mutilated body was photographed (at his mother's urging) to show the evils of racism. |
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