26 Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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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. Board of Education
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as.
Little Rock Nine
Boarded a bus and sat in the front row section reserved for black passengers. When the battle us became full she had to stand and let the white person sit.
Rosa parks
A young Baptist Minister was a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Went on to become Supreme Court justice, and Jack Greenberg led the courtroom battles against segregation.
Thurgood Marshall
A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave.
Sit-In
To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the students protests formed the.
(SNCC)or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
He was the youngest person ever to become president.
John F. Kennedy
To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests, in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.
Freedom rides
A massive demonstration for civil rights.
March on Washington
Vice President was quickly sworn in as president.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, and religion.
Civil rights act of 1964
Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights.
Voting rights act of 1965
The program of domestic reforms that he called.
Great society
Movement, which called for African American independence.
Black power
Helped inspire the Black power movement.
Malcolm X
Was one of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve work conditions.
Cesar Chavez
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.
United Farm Workers of (UFW)
Described the dissatisfaction som women felt with their traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker
Betty Friedan
To fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women.
National Organization for Women or (NOW)
Was elected to represent a New York City district in the House of Representatives.
Shirley Chisholm
Would outlaw all discrimination based on sex.
Equal rights Amendment
A conservative activist, founded the group STOP ERA to prevent its ratification.
Phyllis Schlafly
