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| boycott | To refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting. |
| civil rights | Personal rights guaranteed and protected by the Constitution. For instance: freedom of speech, press, freedom from discrimination |
| Constitution | An official document which contains the powers and rules of a government. |
| defiance | Refusing to obey someone or some organisation. |
| discrimination | Prejudice or unjust behaviour to others based on differences in age, race, gender, and so on. |
| Integrate | To include people of all races. |
| Racism | The belief that certain races of people are superior to others |
| Segregation | The social separation of races |
| Rosa Parks | refused to move to back of bus; started Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| Freedom Riders | protesters who rode integrated bus across the Southern states |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Protected constitutional rights of African-Americans |
| Voting Rights Act of 1865 | Protected African-American rights to vote in their home states |
| National Organization of Women (NOW) | fought for laws to get women equal opportunities |
| passive resistance | nonviolent protest like Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools |
| Equal Rights Amendment | failed constitutional amendment to get women equal rights in workplace and public |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that made segregation legal in public places |
