| A | B |
|---|
| Equal Rights Amendment | not ratified, but brought attention to the women's movement |
| Shirley Chisholm | First African American Women to be a member of the House of Representatives |
| Freedom Riders | rode buses into segregated terminals |
| Rosa Parks | refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man |
| March on Washington | largest peaceful civil rights demonstration in history |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | stated that all citizens sh/ended segregationould have equal access to public places |
| Plessy v Ferguson | said that seperate but equal WAS constitutional |
| Brown v Board of Education | ended segregation of public schools/reversed the decision made in Plessy v Ferguson |
| Southern Cristian Leadership Conference | organized by King to carry on nonviolent protests against discrimination |
| nonviolent resistance | a peaceful means to effect change |
| Jim Crow Laws | these were the segregation laws |
