Civil Rights Vocabulary

widespread, organized protests in the 1950s and 1960s against unfair treatment of African American and other minorities.

ending the policy of keeping people of different races separate.

treating one group of people unfairly on the basis of race, gender, or some other characteristic.

bus trip taken by black and white volunteers to test a law that desegregated public transportation.

A Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in schools.

breaking a law thought to be unfair and being willing to go to jail.

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

a belief that people of one race are superior to the people of another

a policy of keeping people of different races separate

bringing people of different groups together in society or in an organization