Ch 21 Civil Rights Movement

The distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privilege in a society

Formed to "carry on non-violent crusades against the evils of second class citizenship."

A member of the NAACP and a lawyer, he argued and won 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court. 

This form of segregation is segregation by law

To put pressure on the federal government 250,000 people congregated on the Mall in August 1963

This landmark Supreme Court decision handed down on May 17, 1954 struck down school segregation

American service agency founded to eliminate racial segregation and discrimination

Elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Assoc. he ran the bus boycott

A self-taught man he urged his followers to take control of their communities, culture, & jobs

To gain a seat in Mississippi's all-white delegation to 1964 Democratic National Convention 

Name for various ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for African descendants 

This group was formed to study the causes of urban violence.

Another important results of the civil rights movement was the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which

Special efforts made to hire or enroll special groups that have experienced discrimination

In 1960 African Americans protesters sat at segregated lunch counters and waited to be served.

This form of segregation exists by practice or custom

Religious group combining elements of traditional Islam with black nationalist ideas. 

Congress finally passed Johnson's Voting Rights Act of 1968 which

Air Force veteran who won a federal court case to enroll at all-white University of Mississippi

The personal rights of the individual citizen, in most countries upheld by law.

Use of direct action (i.e., demonstration/strike) in opposition to or support of a cause.

On Dec 1, 1955, this colored seamstress was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus

Militant leader of SNCC, clashed with MLK Jr over how the civil rights movement should be run

Radical political party founded in 1966 to fight police brutality in ghettos

In 1965 he became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court

In 1964 SNCC and CORE began registering as many African Americans to vote as they could during

Introduced by Pres. Kennedy, fostered and pushed by Pres. Johnson the Civil Rights Act of 1964 

Civil rights activists who were part of an integrated bus ride across the South were known as