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Ch 28
The Civil Rights Movement
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History
11th Grade
04/29/2013

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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Definition
A 1954 Supreme Court case in which racial segregation in public schools is outlawed
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Definition
A protest in 1955-56 by African Americans against racial segregation in the bus system on Montgomery, Alabama
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Integration
Definition
The process of bringing people of different races together
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Interracial
Definition
Between, among, or involving people of different races
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Congress of Racial Equality
Definition
Organization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Definition
A civil rights organization that advocated nonviolent protest; formed in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other leaders
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Nonviolent Protest
Definition
a peaceful way of protesting against restrictive policies
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Definition
An offshoot of the SCLC, a student civil rights organization founded in 1960
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Sit-in
Definition
A form of protest in which protesters seat themselves and refuse to move
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Freedom Rides
Definition
A 1961 event organized by CORE and SNCC in which an interracial group of civil rights activist tested southern states' compliance to the Supreme Court ban of segregation on interstate buses
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March on Washington
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A 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, DC, in which protesters called for "jobs and freedom"
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Filibuster
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A tactic in which senators prevent a vote on a measure by taking the floor and refusing to stop talking
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Cloture
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In Senate, a three-fifths vote to limit debate and call for a vote on an issue
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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A law that made discrimination illegal in a number of areas, including voting, schools, and jobs
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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A law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting, in part by increasing the federal government's authority to register voters
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
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A constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 to outlaw the poll tax
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Nation of Islam
Definition
An organization, also called the Black Muslims, dedicated to black separation and self-help
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Black Nationalism
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A belief in the separate identity and racial unity of the African American community
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Black Power
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An African American movement seeking unity and self-reliance
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de jure Segregation
Definition
Racial segregation created by law
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de facto Segregation
Definition
Separation caused by social conditions such as poverty
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