history- civil rights in the USA.

Civil Rights

Basic rights and freedoms guaranteed to all citizens

Literacy Tests

Discriminatory tests used to prevent African Americans from voting

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern U.S.

Lynching

Illegal execution by a mob

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

White supremacist group known for violence and intimidation

1882-1968

Period during which nearly 5000 people were lynched

72%

Percentage of lynching victims who were African Americans

Fear

The KKK used this to discourage African Americans from protesting

Brown vs. Board of Education

Supreme Court case that challenged school segregation

NAACP

Organization that took Brown vs. Board of Education to the Supreme Court

May 17 1954

Date of the Supreme Court decision in brown vs board

Segregation

Separation of people based on race

Voting Rights

Civil rights that ensure all citizens can participate in elections

Intimidation

Tactics used by the KKK to scare and control African Americans

Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court ruled segregation was this

Equality

The goal of the Civil Rights Movement

Racial Discrimination

Unjust treatment based on race

Protest

An organized public demonstration of disapproval

1890s

Decade when literacy tests were widely introduced

Linda Brown

Student at the center of Brown vs. Board of Education case