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Civil Rights Movemen

Vocabulary, Events, & People

TermDefinition
Activist A person who takes action to make changes in their community or country.
Segregation The practice of separating groups of people because of their race, religion, etc.
The Great Migration Segregation and discrimination made life difficult and dangerous for Black Americans living in the south. Many chose to head north in search of more freedom and better jobs between 1910 and 1970.
The Little Rock Nine The first nine students that were enrolled in a formerly all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
Boycott When people refuse to buy, use, or participate in something as a way of protesting.
Civil Rights Movement The fight in the 1950s and 1960s to give equal rights to all regardless of skin color and end segregation in the United States.
Civil Rights Rights that every person should have and are guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
Montgomery Bus Boycott A boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama buses organized by MLK and other leaders after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. The boycott lasted over a year.
Browder v. Gayle Supreme Court Decision Federal court case that went to the Supreme Court. They ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional. Claudette Colvin was one of four people represented in the case. This decision ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom More than 200,000 people participated in a march on Washington for equal rights. Important leaders of the Civil Rights Movement spoke, including MLK giving his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Civil Rights Act This act passed in 1964 banned discrimination based on color, race, religion, gender, or national origin.
Brown v. Board of Education In 1954, a civil rights lawyer named Thurgood Marshall won this U.S. Supreme Court case that said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and had to end.
13th Amendment This amendment (change) to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery in the United States. (1865)
14th Amendment This amendment (change) to the U.S. Constitution said that all people born in the United States, including those who were formerly enslaved, were citizens of the United States. It also said that all citizens have equal protection under the law. (1868)
15th Amendment This amendment (change) to the U.S. Constitution said that no U.S. male citizen should be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement. (1870)
Freedom Rides In 1961, black and white activists rode on buses together throughout the southern U.S. as a away to peacefully protest segregation on buses, in bus terminals, and restroom stops along the way.
Fair Housing Act This act passed in 1968 banned discrimination based on color, race, religions, gender, national origin, or disability when renting or buying a home.
Discrimination Unfair or unequal treatment based on race, class, or another category.
Protest A way of showing you disagree with something.
Sit-In A type of peaceful protest first used in North Carolina during the Civil Rights Movement. Protesters would sit for hours at lunch counters that were for white people only.
Riot A violent public disturbance that is used to protest unfair laws.
Voting Rights Act This act passed in 1965 banned discrimination and unfair rules in voting based on race.
Abolitionist People like Frederick Douglass who worked to end slavery in the United States in the 1800s.
Selma to Montgomery March In March 1965 thousands marched 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protest against unfair laws that stopped black people from voting.
Act A formal, written law passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.
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