Civil Rights Vocabulary
What year did the Civil Rights Movement officially begin?
1955
Gave an influential speech stating his dreams for the future and seeing an end to discrimination and segregation
This word means to protest peacefully by sitting down
sit in
To get something because you got there first
The Early bird catches the Worm
What was the name of the story/fiction read in class this week?
Lady or the Tiger
What was the policy or attitude that denies equal rights and treatment to certain groups of people.
discrimination
Sat down for an end to segregation by refusing to give up her seat to a white male.
This is a protest that uses money to be heard
boycott
To take control of a situation
Grab the bull by the horns
What was the story read last week?
Gift of the Magi
To separate people on the basis of race, class, or ethnicity, or other differences
Segregation
Person who worked with MLK and Rosa Parks
Abnathy
This is the city where the bus boycott began
Montgomery
To make someone comfortable
Break the ice
When do you get paid for the week?
Friday
An assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy
Prejudice
President who was assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement
Kennedy
What was the month and year that the boycott started because of Rosa Parks?
December 1955
To be unable to speak
Cat got your tongue
Name one type of reading technique that we learned
Highlighting
Note taking
Thinking aloud
KWL
The word "civil" means
people
Dr. Martin Luther King studied his teachings and modeled his ideas of peaceful protest.
Mahatma Ghandi
How much was Rosa Parks fined for refusing to give up her seat?
$10
To suspect something bad
Smell a rat
What is the name of the first class bank?
Lots of Cash Bank