Segregation: The enforced separation of different racial groups, often resulting in unequal treatment and limited opportunities for marginalized communities.
Jim Crow Laws: A series of state and local laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation and denied African Americans basic civil rights during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Nonviolent Resistance: A strategy employed by civil rights activists that involves peaceful protest, civil disobedience, and refusing to use violence as a means of achieving social change.