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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| womens liberation | the goal of emancipating women from customs and laws that keep them subordinate to men |
| affirmative action | a policy that calls on employers to actively see to increase the number of minorities in their workforce |
| american indian movement 9 (aim) | formed in 1968 to improve conditions on reservations, protect land rights, and improve opportunities in education and employment. |
| 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 |
| civil rights act of 1964 | banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin; prohibits racial segregation in public accommodations, and employment discrimination |
| little rock nine | first african american students to integrate the previously all-white central high school in arksanas |
| feedom 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 1080 | banned discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex |
| national organization for women (now) | a group formed in 1966 to advance womens rights |
| student nonviolent coordinating commitee (sncc) | organization formed in 1960 by college students, who organized sit-ins and other nonviolent protests |
| march on washingington (1963) | a 1963 protest in which more than 250,000 people demonstrated in the nations capital for "jobs and freedom" and the passage of civil rights legislation. |
| southern christian leadership conference | organization formed by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1957 to use nonviolent resistance to achieve social and political goals |
| stonewall riots | 1969, started by customers of a gay bar in New York in response to a police raid; the clash marked the beginning of the gay rights movement |
| united farm workers of america (ufw) | a union for migrant farm workers, many of whom were Mexican-Americans, founded in the late 1960s |
| 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 |
| gender pay gap | The overall income difference between women and men in the workplace |
| migrant worker | a person who moves from place to place to find work |
| montgomery bus boycott | protest in 1955-1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in local public transportation |
| 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 |
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