Fight For Equal Rights Vocab

To separate people based on an identifiable characteristic such as race or gender. The term also referred to a time in the South when public facilities, housing, and businesses were separated based on the color of one's skin.

• injustice

• segregation

• integration

• social movement

The state of being equal in rights, status, and opportunities regardless of differences in race, gender, religion, or other characteristics.

• Equality

• Inequality

• Glass Ceiling

• Civil Rights

The unfair treatment of an individual or group based on characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

• Suffrage

• Social Unrest

• Segregation

• Discrimination

The process by which an individual or group adopts the customs, language, and culture of a dominant group, often resulting in the loss of their own cultural identity.

• Migration

• Assimilation

• Discrimination

• Social Unrest

Combining groups of people who were formerly separated based on an identifiable characteristic.

• Social Status

• Suffrage

• Integration

• Segregation

The level of social standing or prestige an individual or group holds within a particular society.

• Social Movement

• Glass Ceiling

• Social Injustice

• Social Status

A state of public dissatisfaction or unrest caused by political, social, or economic factors, often resulting in protests, riots, or other forms of civil disobedience.

• Jim Crow

• Social Influencer

• Social Justice

• Social Unrest

A violation of rights or fairness, often resulting in harm or disadvantage to an individual or group.

• Injustice

• Jim Crow

• Suffrage

• Segregation

The right to vote in political elections.

• Integration

• Suffrage

• Segregation

• Assimilation

The system of racial segregation and discrimination that existed in the United States between the late 1800s and mid-1900s, particularly in the southern states.

• Jim Crow

• Segregation

• Integration

• Social Injustice