Vocabulary
The separation of people either on the color of their skin.
Segregation
A boycott organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1954 where African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, Alabama because Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. People boycotted the buses until the Supreme Court said that segregation on public transportation such as buses was illegal.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A famous African American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, set up the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
ended segregation in public schools in 1954.
Brown vs Board of Education
Gave women the rights to vote
19th Amendment
The act of being mean and taking things away from someone or a group of people for no reason.
Discrimination
In 1961, there was a group of African Americans (as many as 1,000) at one point who wanted to see if the buses and trains were desegregated by riding on buses all over the South. They brought attention to the Civil Rights Movement. They had to deal with a lot of violence from racist people.
Freedom Riders
lawyer helping Linda Brown during the Brown versus Board of Education trial. He was also the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
desegregated all public places such as restaurants, and buildings. In addition, the law ended discrimination in the workplace.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Presidential vote for the District of Columbia
23rd Amendment
Something a person is allowed to do.
Right
A largely peaceful protest organized by Martin Luther King Jr. where 250,000 people marched in Washington D.C. asking for justice and equality for all people no matter their skin color. This event brought a lot of attention to the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream Speech” during the event.
March on Washington
was the best-known Civil Rights leader. He helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, participated in the March from Selma to Montgomery, helped President Johnson create the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and organized and spoke at the March on Washington. He believed in Non-violent protests.
Martin Luther King Jr.
got rid of poll taxes (having to pay money to vote), and literacy tests to vote.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Citizens have the rights to vote in federal elections even if they have not paid their taxes.
24th Amendment
The rights guaranteed to a person by the government.
Civil Rights
of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
Brown vs Board of Education
36th President, signed into law the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Voting age 18 years old.
26th Amendment
A time in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, when people fought for equal rights and justice for all people no matter their skin color.
Civil Rights Movement
What role did the media play in the Civil Rights Movement?
The media played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement. Journalists did a great job capturing all of the big events and informing Americans all over the country about what was going on mainly in the South. The media captured all of the violence and discrimination that African Americans had to endure on peaceful marches and freedom rides.
was a Mexican American leader who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. His tireless efforts helped farm workers receive better wages and safety conditions.
Caesar Chavez