Civil Rights vocab
The rights of all citizens to received equal treatment under the law.
What are civil rights?
The man who made the "I have a dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
When no one rode the buses to protest segregation in public transit.
What is a bus boycott?
My song "Respect" came to be hailed as a civil rights and feminist anthem.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The state laws or traditions that enforced segregation in public places.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
Prejudice, or discriminatory behaviour toward a person or group of people.
What is racism?
The women who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The massive rally to support the civil rights bill where the "I have a dream" speech was made.
What is the March on Washington?
Music of the Civil Rights era often included elements of this genre.
What is gospel music?
The constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Unfair treatment of a person or group based on race or gender.
What is discrimination?
The individual who was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.
Who is Malcolm X?
The Greensboro Four staged what kind of a protest.
What is a sit-in?
Released in 1964 by Bob Dylan, this song became closely associated with demands for change.
What is "The Times They Are a-Changing"?
Term used to describe murder (often motivated by race) by an angry mob.
What is 'lynching'?
The first African American athlete to play in Major League Baseball, breaking the colour barrier.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Activists rode interstate buses across state lines to challenge local segregation laws and the buses were burned.
What are the Freedom Rides?
The song that uses imagery of a light to drive out darkness.
What is "This Little Light of Mine"?
The legislation that outlawed discrimination or racial segregation against blacks and women.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Non-violent refusal to obey certain laws in order to challenge their fairness.
What is civil disobedience?
Who is Muhammad Ali?
A major drive to register African American voters in Mississippi, many were college students from the north. Three of these students died that summer.
What is the Freedom Summer?
The theme song of the civil rights movement.
What is "We Shall Overcome"?
The President who sent federal troops to desegregate the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). He died before his civil rights legislation was passed in Congress.
Who is President Kennedy?