| A | B |
|---|
| segregation | separation by race |
| discrimination | unfair treatment |
| integrate | bring races together |
| civil | individual citizen |
| NAACP | National Association for Advancement of Colored People |
| boycott | refusal to use |
| civil disobedience | refuse to follow laws considered unjust |
| New Frontier | Kennedy's administration nickname |
| Great Society | Lyndon Johnson's administration |
| poverty line | minimum income needed to live |
| sit in | protesting sitting down |
| interstate | crossing state lines |
| register | enroll (sign up) to vote |
| Black Power | African-American racial pride and exclusivity |
| Watts | Los Angeles suburb where racial riots flamed in 1965 |
| NOW | National Organization for Women |
| AIM | American Indian Movement |
| UFW | United Farm Workers |
| ERA | Equal Rights Amendment |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court decision overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine |
