Civil Rights Vocabulary Blue 8

Segregation

Policy by which African -americans were separated from white Americans in society.

Integration

An end to racial segregation.

Thurgood Marshall

NAACP attorney who fought for integration in public places; first African- american on the Supreme Court.

Rosa Parks

Seamstress who, by refusing to give up her seat on the bus, inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Organized to fight segregation in public facilities in Montgomery, Alabama.

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior

African- american minister who became a leading voice for equality among the races through non-violent methods.

Brown Vs. Board Of Education

Supreme Court case ordering the integration of public schools; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Miranda V. Arizona

Supreme Court case that ordered suspects of criminal activity can be read their right to keep silent and have an attorney.

Welfare

System in which legal governments make cash payments to the poor to help them meet basic needs.

Civil Disobedience

Peaceful refusal to obey unjust laws.

Sit-in

Form of protest in which people sit and refuse to leave to protest a policy or law.

March On Washington

March in which over 250,000 Americans converged on Washington to seek equality for all.

Selma March

March in Selma, Alabama which caused Americans to be horrified over the treatment of African Americans.

Civil Right Act Of 1964

Banned discrimination in public facilities and outlawed discrimination in employment.

Voting Rights Act Of 1964

Banned literacy tests and other barriers to African American voting.

Malcolm X

Activist who at first opposed integration, but eventually began to support more peaceful protest methods.

Ghetto

Poor run-down urban neighborhood.

Affirmative Action

Policy by which businesses or schools are encouraged to give preference to those who have been discriminated against in the past.

Equal Rights Amendments

Amendment advocated by the National Organization for Women that would have forbidden gender discrimination.

Betty Friedan

Founder of NOW, advocated for equality for women.