| A | B |
|---|
| Civil Rights Movement | resulted in laws passed to ensure equal rights to all citizens regardless of race |
| discrimination | unfair treatment of people based on race |
| segregation | separation of people based on race |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 Supreme Court decision that said states could legally segregate |
| "separate but equal" | segregation was okay as long as it was equal (except it wasn't equal) |
| desegregation | to no longer separate races |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | leader of the Civil Rights Movement, believed in nonviolence resistance |
| Freedom Riders | Black and white students rode buses together in the South to challenge local segregation laws |
| NAACP | largest & oldest Civil Rights organization worked for equal rights |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | prohibited discrimiation in public facilities, employment & government |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | prohibited discrimination in voting practices such as poll taxes & literacy tests |
| workplace disadvantage | discrimination in hiring practices against women was common |
| NOW | National Organization of Women, advocated women's rights |
| equal athletic opportunities | increased number of athletic scholarship for women |
| Equal Right Amendment | purpose was to guarantee rights for all Americans regardless of gender |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Supreme Court decision, 1954, said segregation of public schools was unconstitutional, ended "separate but equal" |
