Packs Civil rights Flashcards
A struggle for social justice that was in the 1950’s and 1960’s
Civil rights movement
One group is treated differently from others-
Discrimination
One group is kept separate from others-
Segregation
Intolerance-
Prejudice
Collection of state and local laws /%legalized discrimination
Jim Crow laws
Peaceful-
Nonviolent
Large group of protesters - signs, banners, somgs
Marches
Integrating/black people sit in white areas
Sit ins
Bring races together
Integrate
Consumers to avoid product or service that discriminated blacks
Boycott
Challenged unfair laws
Court cases
Famous Supreme Court case decision
Brown vs Board of education
9 black teens went into an all white school
Little Rock nine
Protest/ Black people refused to ride buses is Montgomery to protest segregated seating
Montgomery bus boycott
Seamstress in Montgomery/ refused to give up her seat
Rosa Parks