| A | B |
|---|
| civil rights | basic privileges and liberties of citizens |
| Rosa Parks | a black women arrested for refusing to move her seat on a bus for a white man. Her refusal led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ultimately ended segregation on the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama |
| sit-in | African Americans went to "whites only" lunch counters and waited to be served. They refused to leave in spite of being yelled at, spit on, and hit. They were eventually arrested. |
| civil disobedience | form of nonviolent protest used by people who refuse to obey a law with which they disagree |
| Freedom Riders | Black and white protestors who rode buses through the South to protest segregation and to desegregate bus terminals. Some were assaulted, while others were arrested. |
| Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) | Supreme Court case that over-ruled Plessy vs. Ferguson and said that segregation was inherently unequal. It made "separate but equal" unconstitutional. |
| Affirmative Action | Program in areas such as employment and education to provide more opportunities for members of groups that faced discrimination in the past by giving them special consideration. |
| human rights | basic rights believed to apply to all people around the world |
| Martin Luther King | leader of the civil rights movement |
| March on Washington | King's "I Have a Dream" speech was given |
| Little Rock 9 | integration of high school students in Arkansas |
| New Frontier | Johnson's plan to end poverty |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | strike to end segregated public transportation |
| Voting Rights Act of 1964 | outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests to vote |
