The Civil Rights Movement

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

⛓️Segregation Forced separation of racial groups, especially in public places.

🤝Integration Ending the separation of racial groups in schools, jobs, and public spaces.

🕊️Nonviolent Protest Peaceful resistance to injustice — like sit-ins, marches, and boycotts.

⚖️Civil Rights The rights of citizens to political and social equality.

🙅Discrimination Treating people unfairly because of their race, gender, or background.

🚫Boycott Refusing 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