The fight for equality and justice in 20th-century America — when brave people peacefully stood up to end unfair separation.
🚰Then & Now: Ending Separation
⛓️SEGREGATION
Unfair laws forced Black Americans into separate schools, restaurants, water fountains, and bus seats.
🤝INTEGRATION
Equality means everyone shares the same schools, jobs, and public spaces — together.
↑ The whole movement worked to turn the LEFT side into the RIGHT side ↑
✊Peaceful Ways They Fought Back
🚫BOYCOTT
Refuse to ride or buy. After Rosa Parks, the people held a citywide bus boycott.
🪑SIT-IN
Sit in a place and peacefully refuse to leave until everyone is served fairly.
🚶MARCH
Walk together as a public protest — like the giant March on Washington.
🕊️All of these are nonviolent protest — peaceful resistance to injustice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught that you can demand change without violence.
🗓️Timeline of the Movement
🔑Key Terms
⛓️SegregationForced separation of racial groups, especially in public places.
🤝IntegrationEnding the separation of racial groups in schools, jobs, and public spaces.
🕊️Nonviolent ProtestPeaceful resistance to injustice — like sit-ins, marches, and boycotts.
⚖️Civil RightsThe rights of citizens to political and social equality.
🙅DiscriminationTreating people unfairly because of their race, gender, or background.
🚫BoycottRefusing to use or buy something as a form of protest.
⭐Remember: ordinary people using peaceful, nonviolent protest can change unjust laws — their courage ended segregation and won equal rights for all.
✏️ Social Studies Anchor Chart · The Civil Rights Movement