Civil rights

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  1. 2. Amendment (1865) Abolishes and prohibits slavery
  2. 5. To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society
  3. 7. disobedience Nonviolent protests against unjust laws - boycotts, sit-ins & marches used by Martin Luther King to gain civil rights and end defacto segregation
  4. 9. Rights Movement The efforts of African-Americans and others who worked for equality. Reached its peak in the late 1950s and 1960s
  5. 12. To separate the races to keep them apart - in such situations as housing, schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc.
  6. 13. Rights Act of 1965 Passed by Congress to end literacy tests which were often given in the South to keep blacks from voting and allowed federal regulation of voter registration in states where local officials practiced discrimination
  7. 15. line A level of personal or family income below which is classified as poor according to government standards
  8. 18. Rider Civil rights worker who tried to integrate bus terminals.
  9. 19. vs. Arizona (1966) Supreme Court case that guaranteed the constitutional rights of the criminally accused - "you have the right to remain silent..."
  10. 20. v. Painter 1950 Supreme Court ruling requiring state schools to provide facilities for blacks substantially equal to those provided for white students
  11. 21. Rights Act of 1964 Passed by Congress to protect the right of all citizens to vote, outlawed discrimination in hiring and ended segregation in public places
  12. 22. Amendment (1870) Prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery)
  13. 23. Rights Basic privileges and liberties of citizens
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  1. 1. Action a program to provide more job and education opportunities to people who faced discrimination in the past.
  2. 2. Amendment (1868) guaranteed citizenship rights & equal protection of the laws to everyone born in the United States (including African Americans)
  3. 3. A social program that helps pay for medical care for the elderly
  4. 4. v. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court ruling that segregated facilities for blacks and whites: "separate but equal"
  5. 6. X Believed that African Americans could only succeed if they separated from white society
  6. 8. Luther King, Jr. Led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960s with nonviolent disobedience such as boycotts, sit-ins, "freedom rides", & marches to bring about integration & civil rights
  7. 10. v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969) Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutional rights of students while in school.
  8. 11. To refuse to buy items from a particular country; to refuse to use in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms
  9. 14. The act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest
  10. 16. vs. board of Education of Topeka 1954 Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation, declaring that "separate could never be equal" and a year later ordered the integration of all public schools "with all deliberate speed" - society became less racist
  11. 17. Founded in 1909. Its main purpose is to protect the rights of African Americans and work to end discrimination and segregation
  12. 19. A social program that gives the states money to help those who cannot pay their hospital bills