sit-in
freedom riders
Baptist minister; face of the Civil Rights movement
Black Panthers
Voting Rights Act of 1965
African-American Lawyer; part of the NAACP; became a Supreme Court justice
Civil Rights Act of 1964
blacks and whites registering voters in Mississippi in 1964
de facto segregation
called for black pride and black nationalism
segregation according to law
became notable due to the massive media coverage
George Wallace
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the Brown v. Board of Education case
young, militant African Americans
Martin Luther King, Jr.
24th amendment
SNCC
segregation according to unwritten traditions or customs
banned literacy tests and allowed federal government to oversee elections where states discriminate against minorities
Governor from Alabama; loved segregation
goal was to create a grassroots movement to defeat white racism
kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her actions
March on Washington
Earl Warren
JFK signed this for equal pay for women doing equal work
taking buses throughout the deep south to protest against segregation
banned poll taxes when voting
Equal Pay Act
signed by President Johnson; prohibited segregation in public accommodations
non-violent form of protest; usually at restaurant counters
Freedom Summer
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
de jure segregation
Rosa Parks
