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Vocab

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Apartheid

a social policy or racial segregation
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Civil rights

right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms
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Legacy

(law) a gift of personal property by will
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Segregation

a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
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Activism

a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
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Sit-ins

a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

Discrimination

unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
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De jure segregation

segregation that is imposed by law

De facto segregation

segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law

Civil disobedience

a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)