Court Cases
This 1973 Supreme Court case said women have a constitutional right to make decisions about pregnancy, including choosing to have an abortion
What is Roe v. Wade?
This word means an oversimplified/ generalized belief about the behaviors, characteristics, or traits of a group of people based solely on their identity
What is stereotype?
A social movement from 1954 to 1968, aiming to abolish legalized racial segregation and discrimination, most commonly affecting African American
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This East Asian holiday, celebrated in countries like China, Vietnam, and Korea, marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and includes traditions such as lion dances, family feasts, and giving lucky red envelopes.
What is Lunar New Year?
This person was the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the American South, becoming a symbol of the civil rights movement.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This case ended school segregation, ruling that “separate but equal” schools for black & white students were NOT equal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This word means a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group, such as a racial or ethnic minority.
What is microaggression?
An ongoing movement, with significant events being the Stonewall Riot in 1969
What is the LGBTQ Rights Movement?
This December holiday, created in 1966, celebrates African American culture, unity, and the seven principles known as the Nguzo Saba.
What is Kwanzaa?
This person became the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, appointed in 2009.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This 1896 case said segregation was allowed as long as facilities were “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This word means the idea that various forms of discrimination, such as racism, sexism, and classism, don't act separately, but overlap and interact to create unique and complex disadvantages for individuals.
What is intersectionality?
A movement that worked to defy the 19th Amendment and give women the right to vote in elections
What is the Woman Suffrage Movement?
This South Asian spring festival, known as the “Festival of Colors,” is celebrated by throwing colored powder and welcoming warmer weather.
What is Holi?
This person was the first Black Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history and argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that ended school segregation.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges can’t use race as a factor in their admissions decisions
What is Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard/UNC?
This phrase means a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a victim when other people are present
What is bystander effect?
This movement started as a hashtag to shed a light on sexual assault, violence, rape, and harassment and has evolved into a bigger movement on gender equality
What is the #MeToo Movement?
This Muslim holiday marks the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, and is celebrated with prayers, feasts, and charitable giving.
What is Eid?
This person survived an assassination attempt for advocating girls’ education in Pakistan and became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This 1967 case struck down laws that banned interracial marriage
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This means groups that hold certain social advantages, benefits, or degrees of prestige and respect that an individual has by virtue of belonging to certain social identity groups. Within American and other Western societies, those with privileged social identities have historically occupied positions of dominance over others.
What is privileged identities?
This movement was a 1990 protest where disability rights activists crawled up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
What is the Capital Crawl?
This annual Indigenous holiday honors the resilience, cultures, and contributions of Native peoples and is observed in contrast to traditional Thanksgiving narratives.
What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
This person was an influential educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, advocating for vocational training and economic advancement as pathways for Black Americans in the post-Reconstruction era.
Who is Booker T. Washington?