Good Luck Gillbo Flashcards
Boycott
organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods and services
Civil disobedience
idea based on nonviolence that people have a right to disobey a law they consider unjust, if their consciences demand it
Sit-in
Form of protest in which people sit and refuse to leave
Ghetto
poor run-down neighborhood where one group of people live due to poverty or prejudice
Affirmative
program to provide more job and education opportunities for people who faced discrimination in the past
Bilingual
In two languages; describing a person that has the ability to speak two languages fluently
Mandatory retirement
Policy that requires people to stop working at a certain age
Integration
mixing of different racial groups