Civil rights UNIT VOCAB MONDAY MARCH 3RD TEST!!!!!

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the goal of putting an end to long-standing racial discrimination

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Kerner Commission

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April 4th, 1968 in Memphis TN, a heartbreaking murder

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Assassination of MLK

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a political organization founded in 1966 to challenge police brutality against the African American community through armed self-defense and social programs

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Black panther party

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Law that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and origin - nobody can be excluded based on who they are!!

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Civil rights act of 1964

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March 7, 1965, hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote

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Selma to Montgomery March

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landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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a African American Muslim minister and activist who advocated for black empowerment, self-defense, and racial pride

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Malcolm X

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President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin

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Affirmative action

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September 1963 a bomb was planted at an African American church, it killed 4 girls and injured many others. This Sparked outrage and led to MORE support in the Civil rights movement

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16th Street Baptist church bombing

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MLK Jr. delivered his famous “I have a dream speech”

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March on Washington (for jobs and freedom, 1963)

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a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode (buses) together through the American South in 1961.

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Freedom Rides (1961)

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civil rights organization that sought to bring about equality for African Americans through nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience, known for organizing campaigns such as the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington

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Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)

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a civil rights organization that led nonviolent protests to desegregate cities and promote voting rights

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Southern Christian leadership conference (SCLC)

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the intentional, non-violent breaking of unjust laws by activists to protest racial segregation and discrimination

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Civil disobedience

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a student-led civil rights organization that played an important role in organizing and leading nonviolent protests to challenge racial segregation and discrimination

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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a civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service.

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Greensboro Sit-Ins

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the nine African American students who were initially prevented from entering Little Rock Central High School until President Eisenhower intervened

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little rock nine

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civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger

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Rosa parks

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a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968

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MLK Jr.

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political and social protest campaign against the policy of segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, AL

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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a 14-year old black boy who was brutally murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, as his mother’s decision to have an open-casket funeral exposed the brutality of racism and segregation in the US

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Emmett Till

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the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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lawyer and civil rights activist who would become the first African American Supreme Court justice, known for the landmark Brown v. Board case

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Thurgood Marshall

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the process of ending or reversing segregation, seeking to ensure equal access and treatment for all individuals

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desegregation

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the separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment

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Segregation

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unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex

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Discrimination

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state and local laws that enforced racial segregation and promoted discrimination in areas such as public facilities, transportation, and various aspects of daily life

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Jim crow laws

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established the constitutionality of laws mandating separate but equal public accommodations for African Americans and white Americans

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)