Vocab
Segregationist
A person who supports the policy of segregation.
A Lady who refused to give up her seat in the bus.
Rosa Parks
Freedom of speech,religion,press,assemblies,and petitions.
1st amendment
Justice
The process or result of using laws to fairly judge cases,redress words,and punish crimes
Ruby Bridges
Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
4th amendment
Dissent
The holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
Laws that were created to keep a racial caste system.
Jim Crow Laws
Abolished slavery in the united states (state slavery is illegal).
13th amendment
Sanctions
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
A 1/8 Man who was arrested for sitting in the "white" area" on a railroad car
Plessy
anyone born or naturalized in the U.S is a citizen
14th amendment
Pernicious
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
A American Lawyer who dissented with segregation
Justice John Marshall Harlan
"African Americans" and all other men have the right to vote.
15th amendment