Ruby Bridges

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Ruby Bridges was a 6 year-old girl that was about to integrate into an all white school. Mobs of people protested integration and the whole year Ruby was ready to learn.
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Desegregation Actively ending the separation of people into different public areas.
Segregation The separation of people into different public areas because of their race, class, or ethnic group.
Integration Bringing people together in an area or group that was previously restricted to certain groups and providing all with equality.
Tolerance Allowing behavior to take place, even if one does not agree with it.
Discrimination Treating one person or one group differently from others based on something other than value.
Bigot A person who refuses to accept a certain group or groups of people based on prejudice and may express intolerance, hate, fear, and/or anger as a result.
Barricades
Marshals Law enforcement officers
Separate but Equal A legal term that allowed segregation, as long as both white and African American areas and services were equal.
Civil Disobedience The act of refusing to obey laws in order to direct the government's attention to an issue and influence social change.
Sacrifice The act of giving up one thing of value to receive something else of value.
Unconstitutional Against the rules and values of the legal foundation of a nation, such as the United States.
Boycott Refusing to do or be a part of something in protest, often to influence change.
Civil Rights Movement A national effort made by many Americans to obtain equal rights for African Americans in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s
Federal Part of or related to the government.
Jim Crow Laws
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