Glossary

  • seriatim

    A Latin word meaning consecutively. Justices giving their opinion one after the other.

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    federal law that prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. It was put in place to address monopolies.

  • Shirley Chisholm

    the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972).

  • Sit-in

    a protest method, first used by students in Greensboro, North Carolina, where African Americans would sit in a “whites-only” section of a public space.

  • Sit-ins

    A protest method, first used by students in Greensboro, North Carolina, where African Americans would sit in a “whites-only” section of a public space.

  • Sixth Amendment

    part of the Bill of Rights that protects the rights of the accused during a criminal trial with provisions such as a right to a speedy trial, right to confront witnesses, and right to counsel.

  • Solicitor

    a government legal professional who appears in court proceedings on behalf of the government

  • Southern Manifesto

    A document signed in 1956 by the overwhelming majority of southern congressmen and senators that condemned the decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

  • Sovereign Power

    Dominant power or authority.

  • Sovereignty

    The authority of a state to govern itself.