Strict seperation of races that was imposed by a law.

Segregation by unwritten custon or tradition, was a fact of life.

An African American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland, headed the legal team that mounted this challenge.

Brown v. Board of Education

The NAACP mounted a broader challenge to segregate public education at all grade levels.

A decision that was made for the Court Justice.

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Civil Rights forces emjoyed a small victory.

An African American steamstress, boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down in an empty seat.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Prepared a segregation challenge.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Baptist minister and had inspirational speeches that brought audiences to him.

Racial things the whites have done that they weren't suppose to.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Created grass-roots movement that involved all classes of African Americans in the struggle to defeat white racism and to obtain equality.

Segregates the whites and blacks where to sit on transportations.

An Air Force veretan who sought to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi.

Won a federal court case that ordered the University to desegregate.

Took place on March 28th, 1963. A demonstration that happened with tons of people.

A tatic where senators give long speeches to hold up legislative businesses.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The act banned segregation in public accomidations and gace federal gov't the ability to compel state and local school boards to desegregate their schools.

One of the MFDP's leaders, gave powerful testimony.

The act banned literacy tests and empowered the federal gov't to oversee voting registration and elections in states that had discriminated against minorities.

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

It banned the poll tax, that kept poor African Americans from voting.

A long-term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause of violence.

A well-known African American radical.

A religious sect headed by Elijah Muhammad.

Encouragement for blacks to vote.

Organized armed patrols of urban neighborhoods to protect people from police abuse.

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Chapter 18 pg. 578

The Civil RIghts Movement 1945-1975

Question	Answer
De Jure Segregation	Strict seperation of races that was imposed by a law.
De Facto Segregation	Segregation by unwritten custon or tradition, was a fact of life.
Thurgood Marshall	An African American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland, headed the legal team that mounted this challenge.
Brown v. Board of Education	The NAACP mounted a broader challenge to segregate public education at all grade levels.
Earl Warren	A decision that was made for the Court Justice.
Civil Rights Act of 1957	Civil Rights forces emjoyed a small victory.
Rosa Parks	An African American steamstress, boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down in an empty seat.
Montgomery Bus Boycott	Prepared a segregation challenge.
Martin Luther King, Jr.	A Baptist minister and had inspirational speeches that brought audiences to him.
Sit-in	Racial things the whites have done that they weren't suppose to.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee	Created grass-roots movement that involved all classes of African Americans in the struggle to defeat white racism and to obtain equality.
Freedom Ride	Segregates the whites and blacks where to sit on transportations.
James Meredith	An Air Force veretan who sought to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi.
Medgar Evers	Won a federal court case that ordered the University to desegregate.
March of Washington	Took place on March 28th, 1963. A demonstration that happened with tons of people.
Filibuster	A tatic where senators give long speeches to hold up legislative businesses.
Civil Rights Act of 1964	The act banned segregation in public accomidations and gace federal gov't the ability to compel state and local school boards to desegregate their schools.
Freedom Summer	A major campaign.
Fannie Lou Hamer	One of the MFDP's leaders, gave powerful testimony.
Voting Rights Act	The act banned literacy tests and empowered the federal gov't to oversee voting registration and elections in states that had discriminated against minorities.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment	It banned the poll tax, that kept poor African Americans from voting.
Kerner Commision	A long-term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause of violence.
Malcolm X	A well-known African American radical.
Nation of Islam	A religious sect headed by Elijah Muhammad.
Black Power	Encouragement for blacks to vote.
Black Panthers	Organized armed patrols of urban neighborhoods to protect people from police abuse.

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