| A | B |
| SNCC | Organization formed by stduent actiovists |
| Dr. King | Advocate of Guandian nonviolence who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee |
| Jim Crow | Name for southern segregation laws |
| Rosa Parks | Af Am women arrested for defying segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama |
| Freedom Schools | Programs to improve academic and political skills of Af Am |
| James Lawson | Student who gave workshops on Guandian nonviolent protests tactics |
| SCLC | Civil rights organization headed by King |
| Elijah Mihammad | Head of the Nation of Islam |
| Albany Movement | Local black civil rights organization involved in mass marches and rallies in Georgia |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Leader of India's fight for independence |
| Sit-in | Nonviolent for of protest used by students in Greensboro, NC |
| Thurgood Marshall | Af Am Supreme Court Justice |
| Project C | King's strategy of confrontation with local white officials in Birmingham, Al |
| Ralph Abernathy | Associate of King's who was indicted during during the Montgomery movement |
| MFDP | Alternative political party in Mississippi |
| Ella Baker | SCLC leader who advised student activists |
| Nation of Islam | Group who members are Black Muslims |
| Stokely Carmichael | Organizer who was advanced to SNCC chairperson because of his militancy |
| Affirmative Action | Policy aimed at correcting the effects of discrimination in employment |
| Malclom X | Advocate of black separatism who was assassinated in New York |