Civil rights movements

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/civil-rights-movements

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is a civil rights movement?A civil rights movement is a group effort to protect the rights of a specific group or all people, fighting unfair laws and practices.
2. Why did the African American Civil Rights Movement happen?The African American Civil Rights Movement happened in the 1950s and 1960s to end Jim Crow segregation and fight unfair laws.

Systemic Discrimination: Discrimination embedded within the laws, policies, and practices of institutions, leading to widespread disadvantage.
Nonviolent Direct Action: The practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, and other nonviolent methods.
Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, creating overlapping systems of discrimination.