The opposition of whites to desegregation.

A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.

A series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961.

To formally suggest that somebody should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc.

A protest in which people march or stand together.

A procession of people traveling in cars.

A speech delivered in a formal or ceremonious manner.

The act of making or enacting laws.

A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.

A person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

Large in number or amount.

A personal judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing. that can be used to sway the audience.

Central idea of a work of literature.

The time and country or ethnicity of the location where the narrative is set.

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

Founded in 1944 to promote the common welfare of Native Americans.

In 1961, more than 400 members of 67 tribes gathered in Chicago and issued this doctrine, which stressed the "right to choose our own way of life" and the "responsibility of preserving our precious heritage."

A party organized in the late 1960s as a means of getting Mexican Americans to unite politically and to identify ethnically as one people.