CIVIL RIGHTS VOCAB Flashcards
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP Attorney Who went on to be a Supreme Court Justice
Brown V. The Board of Education
In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Came together under the title of Brown V. The Board of Education
Little Rock Nine
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine
Rosa Parks
A worker of the NAACP boarded a bus and sat in the black section when the bus was full she and three others were asked to give their seat up she refused and got arrested.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A young Baptist Minister the 26 yr old Martin Luther King Jr. already had a reputation for a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners. He had his famous I had a dream speech which nearly ended Segregation.
Sit in
A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protests formed the SNCC in the spring of 1960
John F. Kennedy
He won the election of 1960 and he became the youngest person to be elected as president of the United States.
Freedom Rides
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized a series of protests called the Freedom Rides, in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.
March on Washington
A massive demonstration for civil rights
Lyndon B. Johnson
Was the Vice President that took over after John F. Kennedy was assassinated
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Johnson signed this into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights
Great Society
His program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society
Black Power
Movement which called for African American Independence.
Malcom X
Helped inspire the black power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam.
Cesar Chavez
He was a Hispanic American who worked to improve conditions
United Farm Workers (UFW)
This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers those who move seasonally from farm to farm for work
Betty Friedan
Described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker
National Organization For Women (NOW)
To fight for equal education and career opportunities for women
Shirley Chisholm
Was elected to represent a New York City District in The House of Representatives
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Would outlaw all discrimination based on sex
Phyllis Schlafly
A conservative activist founded the group STOP ERA To prevent its ratification
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ Rights
Disabled In Action (DIA)
To make People Aware of challenges facing people with disabilities
