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Jim Crow Laws: a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against blacks, as in public places, public vehicles, or employment.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African-American clergyman who advocated social change through non-violent means. A powerful speaker and a man of great spiritual strength, he shaped the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Rosa Parks: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement

boycott: To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation as an expression of protest.

sit-in: A protest in which people refuse to leave.

Freedom Riders: Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961

March On Washington.: Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961

James Merideth: James Howard Meredith is a Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran.

Political Action Group.: an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level.

NACCP: (NAACP) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington.

NOW: National Organization for Women (NOW), group founded (1966) to support "full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with men." Its founder and first president was feminist leader Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963).

AIM: National Organization for Women (NOW), group founded (1966) to support "full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with men." Its founder and first president was feminist leader Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963).

UFW: The National Farm Labor Union, which was led by Ernesto Galarza, in the 1940's and 1950's, enjoyed moderate success but many obstacles were presented to the organization through the growers' manipulation of the bracero program. One individual, César Chá

baby boom: The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

consumerism: A policy of protecting and informing consumers through honesty in advertising and packaging, improved safety standards etc

RustBelt: A region of dilapidated or former manufacturing concerns.

SunBelt: A geographical region loosely described as the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny.

franchising: The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

Pop Culture: Popular culture or pop culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream

1965 immigration act: The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to th