7.3 APUSH

Civil Rights Movement

A social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s aiming to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

Nonviolent Protest

A method of protest that rejects violence, often used during the Civil Rights Movement, exemplified by figures like Martin Luther King Jr.

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 that declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Legislation aimed at overcoming legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States that enforced racial segregation.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A protest against racial segregation on the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama, initiated by Rosa Parks' arrest in 1955.

Selma to Montgomery March

A series of marches in 1965 that aimed to demonstrate the desire for voting rights for African Americans in Alabama.

Freedom Riders

Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 to challenge non-enforcement of the Supreme Court decisions.

The New Jim Crow

A term used by Michelle Alexander in her book to describe the systemic racism in the American criminal justice system that disenfranchises African Americans.

Affirmative Action

A policy designed to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups, particularly in education and employment.