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Civil Rights

U.S. History Civil Rights

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migrant worker a person who moves from place to place to find work
Gender Pay Gap the overall income difference between women and men in the workplace
Voting Rights Act of 1965 an act of Congress outlawing literacy tests and other tactics that had long been used to deny African Americans the right to vote
Black Power the call by many civil rights activists, beginning in the mid-1960s, for African Americans to have economic and political power, with an emphasis on NOT relying on nonviolent protest
Montgomery Bus Boycott protest in 1955-1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in local public transportation
affirmative action
women’s liberation the goal of emancipating women from customs and laws that keep them subordinate to men
Brown vs. Board of Education 1954 ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
civil disobedience the nonviolent refusal to obey a law that the protester considers to be unjust
Freedom Rides civil rights protests in which black and white students travelled on interstate buses together in 1961 to test whether southern states were complying with the Supreme Court ruling against segregation on interstate transport
Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin; pro- hibits racial segregation in public accommodations, and employment discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex
Little Rock Nine First African American students to integrate the previously all-white Central High School in Arkansas
United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
National Organization of Women (NOW)
Stonewall Riots
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
March on Washington (1963)
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