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Civil Rights
vocab 15-1
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English
6th Grade
05/26/2011
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Civil

Disobedience

 Definition

The refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands.

Ex.) Boycotting, not paying taxes, etc.
Term
segregation
 Definition

The act of isolating or set apart from others.

Synonyms:  Separation, isolation.
Term
discrimination
 Definition

Making a decision in favor of or against a certain person,

or thing, depending on the group, class, or category

to which that person or thing belongs. 
Term
SNCC
 Definition
The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was a group of young student civil rights activists that fought for the end of racism, peacefully.  Using peaceful protests and "sit-ins" to help fight racism, especially to black groups.  Was founded in February 1, 1960, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and ended after six years.
Term

Freedom

Riders

 Definition

A group of segregation activists who rode buses all over the segregated southern USA, to challenge segregation travel facilities in the South, and bring in civil rights.

Cities where they traveled:  Washington DC, Richmond, Petersburg, Farmville, Lynchburg, Danville, Greensboro, Highpoint, Salisbury, Charlotte, Rock Hill, Winnsboro, Columbia, Sumter, Augusta, Athens, Atlanta, Anniston, Birmingham, New Orleans, Ardmore, Nashville, Montgomery, and Jackson.

Many of these riders were arrested for many causes.
Term

Greensboro

Sit-in

 Definition
On February 1, 1960, a group of Black students ordered lunch at a department store called Woolworths, but following an only-white policy, the lunch-counter refused to serve the students, but the four men just stayed at the resteraunt all day.  Eventually, this led to a civil rights movement, and Woolworths changed its segregation policy.
Term
Little Rock Nine
 Definition
In the year 1957, a group of nine black students tried to enter a high school, Little Rock High, but segregationists, and othe White students wouldn't allow them to enter at all.  President Eisenhower immediately heard about this crisis, and sent troops to escort the nine students safely.  At one point, a trooper had to spray acid on a white students eyes, because the student was about to harm the Black student.
Term
Brown v. Board of Education
 Definition
When Oliver Brown  tried to enroll his daughter into a "white school", he was turned down because of his daughter's race, and color.  Immediately, he went to NAACP to help his daughter, and other black kids to get into the same school as white people.  Eventually, the Supreme Court made the decision that all Black people are to be treated as equally as the other White people.
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