Civil Rights Movement
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Thurgood Marshal | Leader of the NAACP legal counsel and later a Supreme Court Justice |
| Civil Disobedience | Non-violent protest |
| James Meredith | First African American to attend the University of Mississippi |
| Chicago 7 | Charged with crossing state lines to start a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago |
| SNCC | Student group that fought for civil rights through mostly registering African Americans to vote |
| Black Panthers | Group of militant African Americans during the 1960s and 1970s |
| Sit-ins | Protest in which those participated go some where and refuse to leave |
| Rachel Carson | Write of Silent Springs, which started the modern environmental movement |
| Counterculture | New idea of not conforming to traditional society and norms |
| NOW | Led by Betty Friedan this group fought for equal rights for women. |
| Abbie Hoffman | Wore a robe to court during the trial for his role in the 1968 Democratic National Convention |
| Cesar Chavez | Led migrant farm workers to create the largest grape workers strike in US History |
| Medicare | Government provided health care for those 65 and older |
| Medicaid | Government subsidizes health care for the less fortunate |
| Stokely Carmichael | Led the divide between peaceful protest and violent protest during the Civil Rights Movement |
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