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Abolished slavery 1864.
13th Amendment
Something left by an ancestor or predecessor. (Such as: What is the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?)
Legacy
A principle in which people may live in whichever neighborhood they can afford regardless of their race.
Open Housing
In violation of the constitution
Unconstitutional
To charge with a crime.
Indict
The act of refusing to deal with someone to show disapproval.
Boycott
The act of bringing about equal membership in society.
Integration
A tax to be paid before they can vote.
Poll Tax
The act of making fearful or deterring by threat.
Intimidation
The act of treating someone differently from others on a basis other than individual merit.
Discrimination
To eliminate separation based on race, religion, or ethnicity.
Desegregate
A secret society begun after the Civil War that advocates white supremacy; a hate group
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
The act of keeping people of different races apart.
Segregation
Letters full of threats and ridicule.
Hate Mail
The absence of justice; violation of the rights of another.
Injustice
Protesters rode buses throughout the South to test the integration of interstate buses and terminals.
Freedom Ride
One of the main organizations in the work to overturn segregation laws.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
To walk or stand in front of; to protest.
Picket
To place under the authority of the federal government.
Federalize
Unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power.
Oppression
The systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating Black people.
Jim Crow Laws
Something left by an ancestor or predecessor. (Such as: What is the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?)
Legacy
To repay in kind.
Retaliate
The act of bringing about equal membership in society.
Integration
Rights of personal liberty as guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution.
Civil Rights