Civil Rights movement in USA
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (10)
NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
core Congress of Racial Equality
Important moment of campaign for civil NAACP challenged segregation in public education system called Brown versus Board
rights in 1950s of education of Topeka
Martin Luther King Jr. leader of the Civil rights movement who believed in civil disobedience
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership group of mostly African American ministers who worked to fight injustice through
Conference) nonviolence
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating group formed by student activists; used the sit-in as an effective method of protest
Committee)
the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to
Satyagraha oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms and In SA to oppose to
discrimination of the Indian community
Non-violent protest through civil disobedience
Mass action through peaceful resistance: challenging the state laws in the courts,
Beliefs and actions of CRM
marches, sit-ins
Multi-racial integration
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to
Freedom Riders
protest illegal bus segregation
Aim of non violent protests Gain media attention to gain sympathy of viewers and apply pressure
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