Vocabulary
Form of protest first used by union workers in the 1930s
Sit-in
The NAACP's chief counsel and director of its Legal Defense and Education Fund
Thurgood Marshall
In short, SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dr. King's assassination took place on this date and location
April 4, 1968 on a hotel balcony in Memphis
Segregation by custom and tradition
De-facto segregation
Led the Montgomery Improvement Association; was a pastor
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Supported court cases intended to overturn segregation
(NAACP) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
When Dr. King was invited to conduct his first civil rights campaign in the north
Chicago Movement
Meant that physical self-defense, and even violence, was acceptable in defense of one's freedom
Black power
A symbol of the black power movement that was sweeping the nation
Malcolm X
Name of teams who went to the south to draw attention to the South's refusal to integrate bus terminals.
Freedom Riders
Gave the federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimination in a number of areas
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Motion which cuts off debate and forces a vote
Cloture
African American girl who was denied admission to her neighborhood school in Topeka, Kansas because she was black
Linda Brown
Set out to eliminate segregation from American society and to encourage African Americans to register to vote
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(Two) Reasons for the August 28, 1963, march on Washington
To pressure Congress and to build more public support
Prejudice or discrimination toward someone because of his or her race
Racism
A student leader at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Jesse Jackson
Considered themselves the heirs of Malcolm X
Black Panthers
Resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)