SegregationThe action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things.
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The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
Civil rightsThe rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and to be free from unfair treatment or discrimination.
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The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
NonviolentA protest or a type of behaviour that does not involve physical force.
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Using peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about political or social change.
ActivistA person who believes strongly in political or social change and works hard to try to make this happen.
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A person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
Freedom RidersGroups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides.
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Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions.