Glossary
Desegregation:
the legal process of ending segregation
Legal Defense Fund:
An organization founded by Thurgood Marshall in 1940, to fight for racial justice
Massive Resistance:
The organized and forceful opposition by Southern States, especially Virginia, to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 with the goal of ensuring political, social, and economic equality for all persons.
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF):
an organization founded by Thurgood Marshall in 1940 dedicated to fighting for racial justice in America
Racial disparities:
Unequal outcomes and opportunities experienced by different racial groups
Segregation:
The act of separating individuals based on a shared characteristic, like race
Supreme Court:
The highest court in the United States
