Civil Rights Vocabulary

The protections and privileges guaranteed by law to citizens of a country

• civil rights

• discrimination

• affirmative action

• integration

A policy of keeping people of different races separate.

• segregation

• civil rights movement

• integration

• racism

Dislike of certain people based on race, gender, or other characteristics.

• racism

• prejudice

• discrimination

• civil disobedience

Treating one group of people unfairly on the basis of race, gender, or some other factor.

• prejudice

• discrimination

• judgement

• racism

Ending the policy of keeping people of different races separate.

• desegregation

• segregation

• integration

• Brown v. Board of Education

Protests in the 1950s and 1960s against the unfair treatment of African Americans and other minorities.

• civil rights movement

• Jim Crow laws

• civil disobedience

• nonviolent protest

To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms.

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Petition

• Preamble

oppression is the...

• suppression of a group/ holding a group back

• pushing a group of people up

• Letting people know they are in power

• Giving equal power to everyone

Refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.

• Rosa Parks
• Selma March
• Little Rock Nine
• Civil Disobedience

The refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy thru non-violent means.

• Affirmative Action
• Jim Crow Laws
• Civil Disobedience
• Integration