Vocabulary
the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life
segregation
black citizens boycotted the segregated bus system for 8 days
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
1909 - mission is to ensure political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of the U.S. and eliminate racial prejudice
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
integrated public school systems and overruled "separate but equal" in the Plessy v. Ferguson Case
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty
aquitted
Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for not giving up her seat during this boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1957 - their leadership believed that churches should be involved in political activism and held many of their meetings at black churches
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
decision that held the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 should be interpreted to ban all forms of segregation by race in any type of public transportation
Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
the ending of a policy of racial segregation
desegregation
a form of protest where demonstrators occupy a place and refuse to leave until their demands are met
sit-ins
1960 - young people dedicated to nonviolent, direct action tactics
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
the supreme court unanimously ruled that no group of people could be discriminated against on the basis of race during the use of interstate and intrastate transportation
Bailey v. Patterson (1962)
to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a project
boycott
250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation
March on Washington
1942 - young students using sit-ins and other from of civil disobedience to challenge segregation
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
protest
MLK Jr. set out his vision for a world in which people are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character
"I have a dream" speech