Civil Rights Movement Flashcards

Grade 4 · Social Studies · Flashcards

Key people, terms, and events from the Civil Rights Movement.

Flashcards

Segregation: Forced separation of people by race in schools, stores, and public spaces
Jim Crow laws: Southern state laws mandating racial segregation from the 1870s through 1960s
Rosa Parks: Refused to give up her bus seat in 1955; her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King Jr.: Baptist minister and civil rights leader; advocated for nonviolent protest
Montgomery Bus Boycott: 381-day refusal by Black residents to ride Montgomery buses; ended bus segregation
Nonviolent protest: Peaceful resistance to injustice through marches, sit-ins, and boycotts
Sit-in: Protest where activists sat at segregated counters and refused to leave
March on Washington: 1963 march where 250,000 people gathered; site of King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Civil Rights Act of 1964: Law making discrimination in public places and employment illegal
Voting Rights Act of 1965: Law protecting Black Americans' right to vote; banned discriminatory voting practices
Ruby Bridges: Six-year-old who became the first Black child to attend an all-white New Orleans school in 1960
Boycott: Refusing to buy or use something as a form of protest to force change
Civil rights: Basic rights and freedoms that all citizens should have equally under the law