Civil Rights Vocabulary

discrimination means

• the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race

• the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations

• : bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions

• the removal of laws that separate people into different public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations based on race

segregation means

• bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions

• the removal of laws that separate people into different public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations based on race

• the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations

• prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is better

integration means...

• the removal of laws that separate people into different public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations based on race

• prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is better

• difference in circumstances

• bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions

desegregation means

• difference in circumstances

• the removal of laws that separate people into different public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations based on race

• ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control

• prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is better

racism means

• ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control

• difference in circumstances

• a person who works towards social change

• prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is better

inequality means

• difference in circumstances

• a person who works towards social change

• ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control

• a person who takes action to show the public they disagree

oppression means

• a person who works towards social change

• the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

• a person who takes action to show the public they disagree

• ongoing cruel or unjust treatment or control

an activist is

• a person who takes action to show the public they disagree

• a person who works towards social change

• a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue

• the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

a protester is

• a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue

• a person who takes action to show the public they disagree

• the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

• to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest

nonviolence means

• a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue

• a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met

• the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

• to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest