Vocabulary 1
bringing different groups of people together
What is integration?
amendment that abolished the poll tax that prevented blacks from voting
What is the 24th?
the lawyer who argued for the NAACP in Brown v Board of Education
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
was sparked by the Rosa Parks incident
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Memphis, 1968
When was MLK assassinated?
rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution
What are civil rights?
racial separation of blacks and whites
What is segregation?
became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The Greensboro Four
Who staged a sit-in at a lunch counter?
first woman to serve on Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
activists who worked to change racial laws in the south by sit-ins, protests, etc...
Who are Freedom Riders?
refusal to obey laws that are unjust as a way to press for change
What is civil disobedience?
refused to give up her seat on the bus
Who is Rosa Parks?
a group of African American children who enrolled at an all-white school
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
another name for the Civil Rights Act of 1968
What is the Fair Housing Act?
a person who takes action in something they believe in
Who is an activist?
amendment to the Constitution that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th?
won Nobel Peace Prize in 1968
Who is MLK Jr?
Jobs and Freedom
What was the March on Washington about?
Betty Friedan
Who is the co-founder of NOW?
laws that banned literacy tests for voters
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
the law that outlawed discrimination in the workplace, public places, schools, and other places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
controversial civil rights activist who encouraged blacks to take control of their lives
Who is Malcolm X?
state troopers brutally assaulted protesters
What is Bloody Sunday?
The act that granted an apology to the Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II
What is the Civil Liberties Act?