| A | B |
|---|
| separate but equal | segregating blacks and whites was allowed as long as resources, supplies, and quality was supposed to be equal |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Supreme Court Case that decided racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional (illegal) |
| Rosa Parks | refused to get up from her bus seat in 1955; what many people believe sparked the Civil Rights Movement |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | African Americans refused to ride any city buses in Montgomery, Alabama for 381 days until segregation on buses was not allowed anymore |
| Little Rock Nine | The first African-American students to integrate an all-white school in Arkansas |
| sit-in | sitting in all white lunch counters and refusing to leave to raise awareness of unfair segregation |
| Ruby Bridges | 6 year old girl who became the first African-American child at William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana |
| freedom rides | bus rides to travel through the south to protest segregation on interstate buses |
| Birmingham Children's March | thousands of young, black students stage a walkout and march to the governor in a non-violent protest against segregation |
| I Have a Dream | speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
| Ku Klux Klan | terrorist group that bombed a Birmingham, Alabama church, killing 4 young girls |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | law that prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. |
| Martin Luther King Jr | civil rights leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | law that prohibited states from using literacy tests and other methods used to exclude African Americans from voting |
| Civil Rights Act of 1968 | law that prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and gender |
| Fair Housing Act | another title for the Civil Rights Act of 1968 |
