belonging to a specific national of cultural group (Irish, Polish,West African Mexican,ect.)

the belief that a person's own race is superior to another race

an unfair negative opinion formed about a group of people often based on race, ethnicity, geder, or age

unfair treatment of categories of people, often based on race, ethnicity, gender, or age

a person who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery in the U.S.

the freeing of someone form slavery

1865 amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery

1868 amendment to the Constitution that established blacks as citizens with the same legal rights as whites

1870 amendment to the Constitution that gave all male citizens of all races the the right to vote.

rights guaranteed to all citizens by the constitution

refusal to obey laws that are unjustas a nonviolent wat to press for charge

a perosn who takes action in something he or she believes in, especially to cause change

racial seperation of blacks and whites

bringing groups of different people together, such as blacks and whites after segregation

activists who worked to change racial laws in the South by refusing to sit in segregated sections on buses, as well as honor segregation of restrooms and restaurants in the early 1960s

amendment to the constitution passed in 1964 that abolished the poll taxes that previously prevented some blacks from voting

law that outlwed discrimination in the work place, public spaces, schools, and other public spaces

law that banned literacy tests for voters and allowed thee government to monitor elections in southern states in order to ensure fairness

1-the former practice of segregating black people in the U.S.

2- a derogatory term for a black person