Jim Crow Laws - laws in the south that discriminated against African-American people
Brown v. Board of Education - the Supreme Court decides that it
is unconstitutional for schools to be segregated
Montgomery Bus Boycott - Rosa Parks' experience set this in motion
Desegregation at Little Rock - 9 African-American students
integrate an
all-white high school in Arkansas
Sit-ins - sitting and refusing to leave "whites only"
lunch counters and restaurants
Freedom Rides - black and white people ride buses through
the South to challenge segregation
March on Washington - millions of people heard Dr. King's "I Have a Dream"
speech
Birmingham - police turn fire hoses and dogs on marchers
Church Bombing in Birmingham - 4 African-American girls are killed
James Meredith - first black man to graduate from the University of Mississippi
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the law that made it illegal to discriminate against people because of race
Bloody Sunday - police attack marchers going from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
The Assassination of Dr. King
DEFINITIONS (MEANINGS OF WORDS)
unconstitutional - against the Constitution, against the law of the land
segregated - blacks and whites attending separate schools
discrimination - unfair, unequal treatment, usually because of race or religion
integration - bringing together of people of different races
Little Rock - a city in Arkansas
Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery - cities in Alabama
assassination - murder of a person in public life, like a president or other leader
The Supreme Court - the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court Justices (judges) decide whether a law is unconstitutional or not
boycott - people refusing to use a service, such as riding the city buses