Read 180 Workshop 9 The Front Lines of Justice Vocab

Most people would agree that Dr. King accomplished his goal of ending segregation. 

• to fail at something
• to do or succeed at something
• to make people obey a rule or law
• a public act against something

President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.  Then it was the job of the police to enforce the new laws. 

• to have the power to change things
• relating to the central government of a country
• to make people obey a rule or law
• a public act against something

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement. 

• having the power to change things
• to do or succeed at things
• religious or holy
• to give up or abandon

During the bus boycott, African Americans protested segregation on buses. 

• a public act or statement against something
• the act of keeping people or groups apart
• to give up or abandon
• shocked or upset

When you turn 18, you can register to vote. 

• horrified or upset
• relating to the central government of a country
• to enroll or sign up to do something
• large, heavy, or solid

Segregation became illegal in 1964 when the Civil Rights Act was signed. 

• an act of protest by a group of people
• to give up or abandon
• religious or holy
• the act of keeping people or groups apart

The federal government includes the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

• large, heavy, and solid
• to enroll or sign up to do something
• relating to the central government of a country
• A public act or statement against something

Massive crowds of protesters attacked the Freedom Riders in Birmingham, AL.

• large, heavy, or solid
• religious or holy
• an act of protest by a group of people
• shocked or upset

People were horrified when sacred places, such as churches, were bombed. 

• large, heavy, and solid
• the act of keeping people or groups apart
• religious or holy
• shocked or upset

Dr. King told his followers to participate in non-violent demonstrations.

• to give up or abandon
• the act of keeping people or groups apart
• to make people obey a rule or law
• an act of protest by a group of people