History Sem 2 Year 10

UN Declaration of Human Rights

A declaration adopted by the United Nations in 1948 that states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Jim Crow Laws

Laws that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the United States, particularly in the southern states, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Brown vs Board of Education

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional, thus ending racial segregation in public schools.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks was a black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her arrest and the subsequent boycott of the bus system by black citizens led to a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.

The Freedom Rides of 1961

A series of bus trips organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in which interracial groups of activists rode buses through the South to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals.

Martin Luther King Jr.

A prominent leader of the civil rights movement in the United States. He advocated for nonviolent protest and played a key role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Malcolm X

A prominent figure in the civil rights movement who advocated for black separatism and self-defense. He was a member of the Nation of Islam before breaking away and adopting a more inclusive view of racial equality.

White Opposition

Various tactics and strategies used by white individuals and organizations to resist and oppose civil rights for African Americans, including violence, segregationist organizations, political opposition, and discriminatory practices.