| A | B |
|---|
| segregation | the act of unfairly separating people into groups |
| integration | the act of including racial or religious groups into a community |
| boycott | protesting by deciding not to use a product or service |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | the Supreme Court Case that ended school segregation |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Laws that passed that banned racial discrimination in public places |
| civil rights movement | to fight to end racism in American society |
| John F. Kennedy | President of the US who encouraged civil rights and equality |
| March on Washington | march in Washington, DC led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 for social equality and jobs for African Americans |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | leader of Montgomery Bus Boycott, Civil Rights leader, believed in non-violent marches, protests |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | political protest campaign that started in 1955 to oppose the policy of racial segregation on public transit system |
| Robert F. Kennedy | brother of JFK who also supported civil rights and equality, planned to run for president |
| Rosa Parks | An African American women who refused to give up her seat on the bus |
| Thurgood Marshall | Lind Brown's lawyer, won the Brown vs. Board of Education case, first African American Supreme Court Justice |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | law that banned poll taxes and literacy tests for voters |
