| A | B |
|---|
| de facto | segregation by practice or custom |
| Civil Rights Act of 1968 | banned discrimination in housing |
| Nation of Islam | this is an American organization of Black Muslims |
| Stokely Carmichael | this SNCC leader was recruited into the Black Panthers |
| Black Panthers | this political party was formed to fight against police brutality in the ghetto |
| Malcolm X | this former minister of the Nation of Islam was shot and killed by three men |
| Black Power | this slogan was used by Stokely Carmichael and others to express African-American pride |
| Phyllis Schlafly | she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment |
| feminism | this is the theory behind the women's movement |
| Equal Rights Amendment | this was passed by the Congress but never ratified by the states |
| Gloria Steinem | she co-founded "Ms." magazine and the National WOmen's Political Caucus |
| Betty Friedan | in "The Feminine Mystique", she wrote about "the problem that has no name." |
| National Organization for Women | this organization was created to pursue more activley the goals of the women's movement |
| Roe v. Wade | this resulted in the recognition of a woman's right to have an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | this legal "tool" of the women's rights movement was, strangely enough, provided by opponents of civil rights |
| Equal Rights Amendment | among other things, this pushes for the creation of more child-care facilities and for improved educational opportunities for women |
| G.I. Bill of Rights | Government program that gave WW II veterans educational, housing and employment benefits. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Supreme Court case that reversed Plessy, desegrated schools. |
| Rosa Parks | Refusal to sit in the back of the bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycot & organized protests against segregation. |
| Civil Rights Legislation | Laws that led to increased educational, economic and political opportunities for women & minorities |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that allowed for segregated schools if education was equal - "Separate but equal." |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | African American leader who used "passive resistance" to change segregationist practices & polilies; "I Have a Dream" speech. |
| NAACP | National assiciation for the Advancement of Colored People; civil rights organization |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Law prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and job opportunities. |
| NOW | National Organization for Women; organization dedicated to improving political & economic conditions for women; equal rights for women |
| Viting Rights Act of 1965 | Law that gave the federal government the power to register voters in areas where local officials prevented African Americans from voting |
