Discrimination Flashcards
United Nations
An international organisation that aim to establish human rights
Prejudice
To pre-judge: an opinion that is without reason or experience
Discrimination
Prejudice in action:treating someone differently because of for example their race, religion or gender
Segregation
To seperate or keep apart
Boycott
To refuse the use of a particular service or company usually as a protest against them
Civil rights
The rights of citizens to freedom and equality
Lynch
To kill someone without a trial
The Montgomery bus boycott
It showed black people did not have to listen to white people and their could be peace in the world- also shows people suffer when done wrong- the bus company went bankrupt
The Birmingham March
Showed perseverance when white people were bombing everything black people owned. They listened to King and protested peacefully
Washington March
King’s speech made everyone listen and brought them together and civil. Over 250,000 people came and eventually desegregated the laws
What was the nickname for Birmingham?
‘Bombingham’
Righteous indignation
A sense of injustice at what is morally wrong