| A | B |
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| civil disobedience | purposefully breaking a law because you feel that it is unjust |
| freedom riders | A group of civil rights protesters who rode de-segregated busses from Washington DC to New Orleans |
| boycott | to refuse to purchase or use a product or service |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including segregation |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and poll taxes |
| Nation of Islam | A civil rights group that teaches Black Pride and principles of Islam. One of the most notable leaders was Malcolm X. |
| Black Panthers | A civil rights organization involved in the Black Power movement during the 1960's. |
| affirmative action | Policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination. |
| segregation | To separate people by a certain qualification (ie: race) |
| integration | Desegregation |
| sit-ins | a form of protest that includes occupying seats or sitting on the floor of an establishment |
| activist | a person that uses action to bring about political or social change |
| assassination | a politically motivated murder |
| prejudice | a preconceived opinion that not based on fact or actual experience |
| lynching | of a mob) kill (someone), esp. by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial. |
