Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
Civil Rights
The rights of citizens to be free and equal.
Boycott
Refusal to use or buy services, to show support for a cause.
hating someone because of their skin color
racism
1st African-American student in her state to enroll in an all-white Elementary School
Ruby Bridges
Bringing all the races back together
Integration
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
Martin L. King Jr.
A Baptist minister who lead the Civil Rights Movement. He earned a Nobel Prize for his fight to end segregation peacefully.
using peaceful means to bring about change
nonviolence
This president signed the Civil Rights Act and ended all segregation.
Lyndon B. Johnson
People who worked towards social change were called
activists
The march that fought for equal rights to vote in 1965
The Selma March
Supreme Court case made segregation LEGAL by establishing "separate but equal"
Plessy V Ferguson
violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
riot
Civil Rights leader known for changing his mind about whether protesters should use violence
Malcom X
Malcom X and Stokely Carmichael were more controversial leaders of the movement and differed from MLK Jr in that they supported the idea that it was ok/necessary to sometimes react by
fighting back/use of violence
The young people who rode integrated buses through the south and were often attacked or arrested became known as
Freedom Riders
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
not in agreement with the US Constitution
unconstitutional
note:
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.
False
True or False: After the legal segregation of schools ended, it became easy for African-American students to attend all-white schools.
False-African Americans still had to fight for their rights to freedom
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR?
1964
refusing to follow certain laws as a protest
civil disobedience