Vocab
Freedoms that people have that are protected by law
What are rights?
When people stop using or buying something to show they are upset.
What is a boycott?
The man who led the March on Washington, and gave powerful speeches about wanting to make a change.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The year that the Civil Rights Act was signed.
What is 1964?
The age Ruby Bridges was when she integrated the first all white school in New Orleans.
What is 6 years old?
Rights that protect people from discrimination
What are civil rights?
When groups of people walk through the streets to show people they want change.
What is a march?
A woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The president who signed the Civil Rights Act.
Who is Lyndon B Johnson?
The name of the school that Ruby Bridges integrated.
What is William Frantz Elementary?
When someone is treated differently or unfairly because of their race, gender, ability, and more.
What is discrimination?
A paper where people write down what they want to change, and people sign it to show they agree.
What is a petition?
A 6 year old girl who was the first person to integrate New Orleans schools.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The result of the Civil Rights Act.
What is equality for all Americans?
The justification people gave for why segregation was okay.
What is separate but equal?
Separating people based on a characteristic.
What is segregation?
When people will sit in a place they are not supposed to be in to show that the rules not allowing them to be there are unfair.
What is a sit-in?
A man who wrote a 155 page petition asking for equal rights for all people.
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
The march in dc where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I Have a Dream Speech.
What is the March on Washington?
The people that had to protect Ruby when she went to school every day.
Who are federal marshals?
When people come together to show they want a change.
What is a protest?
A group of people, both Black and white, that rode buses together to protest segregations.
What are the Freedom Riders?
A group of both Black and white people who represented Black people and participated in different peaceful protests to bring equality to everyone.
Who is the NAACP?
Bringing people together regardless of skin color.
What is integration?
The town Ruby Bridges was born in.
What is Tylertown, Mississippi?