Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary

Description:

Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary By: Melissa Meadows Civil rights Rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:320
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 12
Provided by: stud1776
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Civil Rights Movement Vocabulary


1
Civil Rights MovementVocabulary
  • By Melissa Meadows

2
Civil rights
  • Rights to personal liberty established by the
    13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
    and certain Congressional acts, esp. as applied
    to an individual or a minority group.

3
Civil Rights Movement
  • movement in the United States beginning in the
    1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to
    establish the civil rights of individual Black
    citizens 

4
Protest
  • an expression or declaration of objection,
    disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to
    something a person is powerless to prevent or
    avoid

5
Boycott
  • to combine in abstaining from, or preventing
    dealings with, as a means of intimidation or
    coercion

6
Nonviolence
  • peacefully resistant, as in response to or
    protest against injustice, esp. on moral or
    philosophical grounds.

7
Freedom Ride
  • a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by
    persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially
    segregated public facilities.

8
Sit in
  • an organized passive protest, esp. against racial
    segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy
    seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and
    other public places.

9
Poll tax
  • a capitation tax, the payment of which is
    sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of
    suffrage.

10
Jim Crow Laws
  • any state law discriminating against black
    persons.

11
Integration
  • an act or instance of integrating a racial,
    religious, or ethnic group.
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com