1. Civil Rights Key Terms
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2. Martin Luther King Jr.
leader of the civil rights movement who encouraged civil disobedience to gain equal rights

3. Malcolm X Leader of the Nation of Islam
civil rights leader that believed all races should be separated

4. Rosa Parks
Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama

5. Caesar Chavez founder of the United Farm Workers
Fought for better pay and more rights for Mexican farm workers

6. March on Washington
in August of 1963, 200,000 people came together to support the civil rights movement in a march on Washington D.C.

7. Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery, Alabama
First major public relations victory for civil rights movement

8. Freedom Rides
White and black civil rights workers traveled on interstate buses to protest segregation at terminals

9. Civil Rights Act
legislation that banned discrimination in all public facilities

10. Freedom Summer
White Americans helped register African Americans to vote
Sponsored by CORE, SCLC, SNCC, NAACP

11. Sit-ins Refusal to leave until service was granted
technique used to force segregated establishments to serve African Americans

12. Black Power
Idea that African Americans should unite take pride in their heritage, and control their own organizations
At right: American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos show black pride at the 1968 Olympics

13. NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Civil rights organization that fought for civil rights primarily in the courts

14. CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
Founded by pacifists

15. SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference
civil rights organization founded by African American ministers in 1957

16. SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
gave young African Americans a greater voice in the civil rights movement