Explorers Black Civil Rights Vocabulary Segregation The separation

Explorers: Black Civil Rights | Vocabulary Segregation The separation of black and white people in transport, education and facilities. Jim Crow A set of laws that made segregation a legal requirement Lynching Discrimination Treating one group more unfairly than another. NAACP | Spring Term Two Important People th th Martin Luther 15 January 1929 to 4 April 1968 American Christian Minister and activist King Jr Malcolm X The mob killing of a person outside of the law, but often overlooked by the authorities. Year 6 Rosa Parks Ruby Bridges The National Association for the 19 th May 1925 to 21 st February 1965 African-American Muslim Minister and human rights activist 4 th February 1913 to 24 th October 2005 American activist in the Civil Rights Movement 8 th September 1954 to present American Civil Rights activist Defining Moments 1954 Brown vs Board of Education 1955 -56 Montgomery Bus Boycott; Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus. 1957 Little Rock 1960 Greensboro sit-in 1961 Freedom Rides begin 1963 Assassination of JFK MLK speaks at the Washington March Nashville sit-ins Publication of The Feminine Mystique 1964 Civil Rights Act – housing and employment MLK receives the Nobel Peace Prize Malcolm X completes the Hajj pilgrimage 1965 Voting Rights Act Assassination of Malcolm X Los Angeles race riot Selma march President Johnson outlines his Great Society 1966 Founding of the Black Panthers Founding of the National Organisation for Women (NOW) 1967 Detroit race riot 1968 Civil Rights Act – housing Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr Advancement of Colored People. Integration The opposite of segregation; combining different groups of people fairly. Key Events Brown vs Board of Education In 1954, the NAACP took the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas to court to allow and African-American school girl, Linda Brown, to attend a white school. Black Power The Black Power Movement was founded by Stokely Carmichael, the chairman of the SNCC, 1968 Olympics When the medals were awarded for the 200 m sprint in Mexico City, 1968, the African-American medal winners (Tommie Smith, gold, and John Carlos, bronze) held up their fists in a ‘black power’ salute. This moment was televised around the world, bringing understanding of the Black Power movement to millions.