Unit 4 AP AAS

More modern aspects, and civil rights movement

Negritude

A political, cultural, and literary movement in the 1930s-1950s affirming the influence of African heritage and cultural aesthetics.

Negrismo

A movement embraced by Black and mixed-race Latin Americans celebrating African contributions to music, folklore, literature, and art.

Civil Rights Movement

A movement that emerged to eradicate segregation and ensure federal protection of rights guaranteed by Reconstruction Amendments and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Legislation that outlawed racial discrimination in public places.

GI Bill of 1944

A race-neutral gesture for American veterans that provided funds for college, home mortgages, and business loans, often subjected to Jim Crow practices.

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

An interracial organization that fought racial discrimination and violence primarily through legal campaigns.

National Urban League

An organization that assisted African Americans migrating from the rural South during the Great Migration, helping them acclimate to urban life.

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

A civil rights organization established by students in Chicago that organized sit-ins, voter registration drives, and Freedom Rides.

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

An organization established by MLK to coordinate major protests and the efforts of churches in the civil rights movement.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

A student-led organization founded in 1960 that coordinated nonviolent protests against racial segregation.

Freedom Rides

Protests against segregated transportation practices in the southern U.S., often met with violence to enforce segregation.