A | B |
The National Organization for Women | worked against gender discrimination in employment |
Martin Luther King, Jr. | Preferred nonviolent protest methods |
The Freedom Riders rode buses to | expose illegal segregation practices in the south |
Brown v. Board of Education | separate but equal schools were not acceptable |
Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal |
Sit-in | Protesters would sit at a restaurant to protest segregation |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Banned illegal voting practices |
Effects of Segregation | separate schools, separate public facilities, & social isolation of the races |
Title IX | allows for equality in women's college athletics |
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | Failed, but provided new opportunities for women in society |
Problems women faced in the workplace | discriminatory hiring practices, paid less than men for the same job |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | outlawed segregation in public facilities |
Rosa Parks | her actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott |
Types of non-violent protests | sit-ins, boycotts, marches, and Freedom Riders |