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| passive resistance | Form of protest that does not use violence. |
| Brown v Board of Education | Important Supreme Court case where the court ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal. |
| civil rights | Rights guaranteed to all United States citizens by the U.S. Constitution. |
| Voting Rights Act | Law that protects the right of all citizens to vote. |
| Montgomery bus boycott | African Americans carpooled or walked to work. This boycott lasted over one year until the Supreme Court decided that segregation on public buses was illegal. |
| freedom rides | African Americans and white supporters rode buses throughout the South to see if public transportation was obeying the law. |
| Greensboro, NC sit-ins | On February 1, 1960, four black students sat down at a lunch counter and ordered coffee. They were not served, but they stayed seated until the store closed. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Law passed that banned segregation in all public places in the United States. |
| March on Washington | On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 Americans gathered together in the nation’s capital to show their support for civil rights. |
| poll taxes | Paying money in order to vote. |
| 24th Amendment | Change to the U.S. Constitution that outlawed the Poll Tax. |
| Thurgood Marshall | Lawyer who argued the case Brown v. Board of Education. Later, the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| separate but equal | Under this law, African Americans were separated from whites in all public places. |
| Rosa Parks | Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus. |
| Robert Kennedy | Brother of John F. Kennedy. This man was also assassinated for supporting civil rights in his campaign for President. |
| boycott | When people stop using a product or a service. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | Civil rights leader who organized the March on Washington. His most famous speech is entitled, I Have a Dream. |
| John F. Kennedy | President who was assassinated for supporting civil rights. |
