Civil Rights
Anise Butler
Civil Rights
a broad range privilege and rights guaranteed by the U.S constitution
Social Movement
large groups of individuals who focus on a specific political or social issue
Civil Disobedience
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest
De Jure Segregation
separation enforced by law
Desegregation
end of racial segregation
Boycott
withdraw social relations as punishment or protest
Sit in
a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place refusing to leave until their demands are met
Nonviolence protect
trying to achieve goals such as social change without violence
SCLC
the use of nonviolence direct action to and legal discrimination against African Americans
SNCC
formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement
CORE
civil rights organization
Little Rock 9
a group of black children who couldn't go to school because of the color of their skin
Black Panther
a militant political organization set up in the US to fight for black rights
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa refuse to get out of her seat and started the boycott of bus segregation
March On Washington
one of the largest rallies for human rights
civil rights act
landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the US that outlawed discrimination
voting right act
it eliminated all things that traditionally restricted voting for blacks
EEOC
agency of federal gov to interpret and enforce federal laws prohibiting discrimination
24 amendment
abolished the poll tax for all federal elections
Emmett Till
14 year old boy who was beat and killed for whistling at a white woman
Dr. MLK
political leader who fought for the rights of blacks
Malcolm X
a political leader that believed in a more violent fight
James Meredith
civil rights activist
George Wallace
american politician who resist integration
Stokely Carmichael
a Trinidadian american revolutionary
Earl Warren
American jurist and politician
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US general who supervised the invasion of Normandy
Lynden B. Johnson
36th president