Civil Rights Movement Overview

These flashcards provide key vocabulary terms and their definitions related to the civil rights movement and significant events discussed in the lecture.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A pivotal protest against bus segregation where empty buses were seen in the streets as a peaceful demonstration.

Martin Luther King Jr.

A young Baptist preacher and the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott who advocated for nonviolent resistance inspired by Gandhi.

Gandhi's Nonviolent Tactics

Strategies used by Mohandas Gandhi in India's independence movement advocating peaceful protests and passive resistance.

SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, established in 1957 to coordinate civil rights activities.

Little Rock Crisis

A significant event in 1957 involving the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, marked by severe resistance.

Governor Orville Faubus

The governor of Arkansas who resisted the desegregation of Central High School by deploying the National Guard.

Central High School

The site of a significant desegregation effort in Little Rock, Arkansas, where nine black students were to integrate.

Eisenhower's Intervention

President Eisenhower's deployment of federal troops to enforce desegregation in Little Rock, marking federal intervention in civil rights.

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

A civil rights group formed in the early 1960s made up mostly of young activists, advocating for direct action against segregation.

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

A civil rights organization that promoted nonviolent protest and direct action for civil rights.