Civil Rights Vocabulary

End of racial segregation

College kids stage sit-ins, participating in the Civil Rights Movement

African American students who won the court decision to attend Central High School

Protest started because Rosa Parks challenged the nus segregation law

Separation enforced by law

Refusal to comply with laws, peaceful form of protest

Act of sitting in where service is usually denied

Churches come together to inform blacks about changes in Civil Rights Movement

Urged black America to arm themselves and confront white society and force equality

Protests gone through peacefully and without violence

Nonviolent civil rights organization, became major force of civil rights movement

Group of individuals who focus on specific political or social issues

Rally to urge Kennedy's civil rights bill

rights of citizens to freedom socially and politically

A silent protest