Equity and Equality
treating everyone fairly based on their needs
Equity
Segregation laws like "Jim Crow" are an example of this type of inequality.
Racial inequality
This woman refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
In 1963, over 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand civil and economic rights for African Americans.
This term refers to the ways in which a person’s background, such as their race, gender, or nationality, affects their opportunities and experiences in life.
Identity
Providing all schools with the same resources such as Chromebooks, textbooks and projectors
Equality
The wage gap between men and women is an example of this type of inequality.
Gender inequality
He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown vs Board of Education
This term refers to the ability to influence or control people, policies, or resources, which is often central to discussions of inequality.
Power
Ramps and elevators in buildings for those with restricted mobility
equity
Income inequality
This group of students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957
Little Rock Nine
In 1960, four African American college students staged a peaceful protest by sitting at a "whites-only" lunch counter in North Carolina, inspiring similar protests across the country.
Greensboro sit in
Growing and making things better in a community, like improving schools, jobs, and living conditions.
Development
The term used to describe discrimination against people with disabilities
Ableism
When one country takes control of another country or area, using its land, people, and resources for its own benefit.
Colonialism
What was Malcolm X's name at birth?
Malcolm Little
What was the town in the US that was described by MLK as the 'most segregated' place in all of the US?
(Town and State)
Birmingham Alabama
when different groups of people, with different beliefs, cultures, and traditions, live together in the same place and respect each other's differences.
Pluralism
This refers to a form of inequality where people are denied opportunities or treated unfairly because of their nationality or immigration status, often leading to exclusion from jobs or public services.
xenophobia
The name of the system in India where people are discriminated against based on the family they are born into
caste system
What was Malcolm X's Muslim name?
el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz
In 1965, peaceful protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights were violently attacked by police on a bridge. This day is now known by this name.
Bloody Sunday
This concept goes beyond equity and aims to remove systemic barriers altogether, ensuring all individuals can thrive.
Justice