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Civil Rights Movement - Flashcards

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a social movement in the United States during the 1950s and
1960s, in which people demanded equal rights for African Americans.
Civil Rights Movement
a separation of people based on race or culture
Segregation
the bringing together of all races
Integration
a system of spreading opinions or beliefs that are designed to
either help or hurt a cause
Propaganda
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
Jim Crow laws
a nonviolent way to oppose authority
Passive resistance
being owned and controlled by another person
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Enslavement
Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a
group.
Discrimination
Belief that one race is superior to another
Racism
White supremacy
the belief that white people are superior to other races, especially
the black race.
The Southern states of America - South Carolina, Louisiana,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia - where black Americans have
been experienced suppression.
The Deep South
Suppression
Holding back and disempowering people
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