Civil Rights Vocab
Keeping people separated based on their race.
segregation
The march from Selma to Montgomery led by Dr. King was to get which right for black people?
Voting Rights
Most famous Civil Rights Leader known for his speeches and letters.
MLK Jr.
This famous court case made schools in The South integrate.
Brown v. Board of Education
This word means a loud jumble of noise
cacophony
A refusal to use a good or service until a rule or law is changed.
boycott
This march starred MLK doing his "I Have a Dream speech."
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The man who orchestrated the Children's march in Birmingham
James Bevel
The law that passed in 1965 that brought people of color the ability to make their voices heard in an election
This word means relevant and on topic
pertinent
The belief that one race is superior to another
racism
This bus boycott, started by Rosa Parks and led by MLK took place in what city?
Montgomery
Man who was shot which sparked the people of Alabama to protest against voter suppression
Jimmie Lee Jackson
These unfair laws allowed states to segregate people based on race.
Jim Crow Laws
This word beginning with "i" means to worship or make a hero in your mind.
idolize
This word means "to use methods to keep down a certain group of people"
oppress
This northern city boycott held a Freedom Day to allow students to skip school to protest segregation.
Chicago School Boycott
This woman refused to give up her seat, sparking the bus boycott in her city
Rosa Parks
This law was passed in 1964 and made it illegal to discriminate based on race, gender, or religion.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This frigid term can also mean jail to the greasers.
Freezer
The action of bringing together people groups that had formerly been separated.
integrate
This march featured kids filling the jails to end segregation in their city
Birmingham Children's March (Crusade)
This woman led the Sanitation Worker's March in 1968 after her husband was assassinated
Coretta Scott King
This terrible court ruling decided "separate was equal" and was the basis for Jim Crow Laws that came later.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This is the belief that buying and owning more things creates a good lifestyle.
consumerism