A civil rights organization formed by students that played a key role in sit-ins and other protests.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Site of voting rights marches.
Selma, Alabama
Site of the March on Washington.
Washington D.C.
A civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. (시민권)
Civil Rights
Protests by black and white activists who rode buses together through the American South in the early 1960s to challenge segregation. (자유의 버스 여행)
Freedom Rides
A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. (연좌 농성)
Sit-in
A clause used to allow poor and illiterate whites to vote while disenfranchising Black voters. (조부 조항)
Grandfather Clause
A formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document. (수정 헌법)
Amendment
Lack of fairness or justice. (불의)
Injustice
A leader of the Civil Rights Movement and advocate for nonviolent protest.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality. (불평등)
Inequality
A tax required for voting, used to disenfranchise Black voters. (인두세)
Poll Tax
Site of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Montgomery, Alabama
The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. (차별/분리)
Segregation
A test of reading and writing skills, used to prevent Black people from voting. (문맹자 시험)
Literacy Test
A civil rights organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. that advocated for nonviolent protest.
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
To kill (someone) by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial. Often used against Black people in the South. (린치)
Lynching
A civil rights organization that fought for racial equality through legal means.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. (사회 운동)
Activism
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. (인종 차별)
Racism
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. (편견)
Prejudice
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. (짐 크로 법)
Jim Crow Laws
The practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, or other methods, without using violence. (비폭력 저항)
Nonviolent Resistance
Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. (불매 운동)
Boycott
A public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on a political issue. (시위/데모)
Demonstration
The act of bringing together different racial groups. (통합)
Integration
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of people based on race, age, sex, or other characteristics. (차별)
Discrimination
A legal doctrine that justified segregation as long as the facilities provided to different races were equal. (분리하지만 평등)
Separate but Equal
Just behavior or treatment. (정의)
Justice
A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. (항의/시위)
Protest
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. (헌법)
Constitution
The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. (평등)
Equality
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