Chapter 21 Vocab

Established racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

Became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights movement from 1955 until assassinated in 1968.

A group that wanted desegregation on buses to be enforced.

Fought to end police brutality, and to have land, housing, and justice for all.

Prohibited discrimination of race, religion, national origin, and gender.

A call for black people to define their own goals and lead their own organizations.

CORE and SNCC workers in the south registering as many African Americans as they could to vote.

Ended discrimination in housing.

Segregation by law.

WWII veteran that was assassinated, but his assassin was released with no charges.

Promonent organizer in the civil rights movement and led a march along side MLK and Floyd McKissick.

Made special efforts to hire or enroll groups that suffered discrimination.

Segregation that exists by practice and costum.

A national protest group started at Shaw University.

A National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders that investigated the causes of a recent outbreak of race riots.

First African American to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

African American protesters that sat at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served.

A NAACP officer who refused to leave the front of the bus.

The voice of the 1964 Democratic National Convention and shared a story about being imprisoned for registering to vote.

A spokesman for the Nation of Islam and vocal advocate for black empowerment.

A group whose purpose was to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.

A black nationalist organization that focuses its attention on Afican Americans

An air force veteran that won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll at Ole Miss.