English 11- Civil Rights Vocabulary

the process of uniting or bringing together different ethnic groups

• Integration
• Bigotry
• Discrimination
• Desegregation

an act of prejudice against a group

• Discrimination
• Bogotry
• Tolerance
• Multiculturalism

state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965, mandating racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states with a "separate but equal" status for African Americans.

• Jim Crow Laws
• Civil Rights
• NAACP
• Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

a landmark United States Supreme Court case overturning Plessy v. Ferguson and therefore declaring "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

• Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education
• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Passive Resistance
• Brown vs. Topeka Board of EDU

intolerance of any opinion or belief that differs from one’s own opinion or belief

• Bigotry
• Integration
• Prejudice
• Multiculturalism

the elimination of laws, customs and practices under which different races or groups are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, etc.

• desegreation
• tolerance
• racism
• integration

a preformed opinion—usually an unfavorable one—based on insufficient knowledge, irrational feelings, or inaccurate stereotypes

• Prejudice
• stereotype
• racism
• Brown vs. Board of Education

an oversimplified standardized image of a person or group

• Stereotype
• Prejudice
• Tolerance
• Civil Disobedience

prejudice or animosity against people who belong to other races

• racism
• disenfranchisement
• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• stereotype

nonviolent resistance: resistance to authority using only nonviolent methods such as peaceful demonstration or noncooperation

• Passive Resistance
• NAACP
• civil rights
• Jim Crow Laws