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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political movements driven by people who individually do not have much power, but who, working together, can be very effective | grassroots activism |
| Congress of Racial Equality, fought discrimination through nonviolent act of process | CORE |
| treat people as if they are not human beings | dehumanized |
| allowing free association of people of different race or ethniticies | integrated |
| process of ending a policy that forces the separation of groups of people in public spaces | desegregation |
| nonviolent disobeying of laws as a form of protest | civil disobedience |
| mass protest, sparked by arrest of Rosa Parks, racial segregation practices of the public bus system in Montgomery, Alabama | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| organized protest where people sit and refuse to leave | sit ins |
| interracial groups who rode buses in the south and ignored "white" and "colored" signs when they stopped at restrooms and lunch counters so a series of court decisions declared segregation illegal on facilities | Freedom Riders |
| form of punishment, isolating a prisoner from contact of other prisoners | solitary confinement |
| effort by groups or government to sign up as many eligible voters in a targeted area as possible | voter registration drive |
| students, most white, came from colleges to work with local civic rights organizations in Mississippi | Freedom Summer |