Keywords in any historical topic are the words that are essential to know in order to write about and understand that topic. This page offers a selection of useful keywords for learning about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Civil Rights History Keywords
| Arkansas Assassination Birmingham Black Panthers Bus Boycott Demonstration Discrimination Eisenhower Equality Freedom Rides Integration James Earl Ray James Meredith Kennedy Little Rock Lynching Malcolm X |
March Martin Luther King Mississippi Montgomery Murder NAACP Prejudice Protest Racial Rally Riot Rosa Parks Segregation Sit-Ins Speech Woolworths |
Citation Information:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2021). Civil Rights History Keywords. Available: https://www.historykeyskills.com/civil-rights-history-keywords/. Last accessed November 13th, 2025