Unit7_CivilRights_Vocab_KEY

Lynching

the public killing of an individual without due-process and were often carried out by lawless groups seeking to protect their “white: Community

National Association for the Advancement of Colored people NAACP

group founded in 1909 by WEB Du Bois to promote racial equality in the United States.

Great Migration

A movement of African Americans to northern cities, early 20th century to escape violent racism in the south

Voting right act of (1965)

Outlawed literacy test and sent federal voter register into several southern states; Did not end discrimination and oppressions overnight

Civil RIght’s Act of 1964

prohibited and outlawed racial discrimination in all public facilities

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to encourage non-violent resistance and was organized by Christian churches.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

student civil rights organization that helped organize sit-ins, freedom rides, and voter registration drives in the south in the 50s & 60s.

March on Washington

 In 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive protest in D.C., (MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech) to demonstrate support for major civil-rights legislation in Congress and protest racial discrimination.

Black Power Movement

group formed in the 1960s to encourage black pride and leadership; slogan promoted by Stokely Carmichael and other supporters.

Brown vs. Board of Education

 Supreme Court decision that reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and outlawed racial segregation in public schools.

Little Rock Nine

group of African American students, whose enrollment at Central High School in 1957 was initially prevented by the Governor of Arkansas; eventually escorted by the National Guard.

Freedom Riders

multi-racial groups of civil rights activists who took bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals

Montgomery Bus Boycott

a year-long political protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama, which led to their desegregation.

Harlem Renaissance

flowering of African-American artistic creativity in the 1920s, centered in Harlem (NYC).

Twenty-Fourth (24th) Amendment

 eliminated and abolished poll taxes (tax on voting).