Shining Star C Unit 3
Part 1
character
What makes a person decide moral and ethical decisions
discrimination
Unfair treatment of a person
justice
fairness
oppression
The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority
poverty
The state of having little or no money or material possession
revolt
Organized opposition to authority
segregation
A social system that provides separate facilities for minorities
5 score years ago
100 years ago
beacon of light of hope
Something that guides and encourages people
Negro
An African American person (now it is not used)
A long night of captivity
A long period of slavery
crippled
prevented
manacles of segregation
Prevented from living freely because of racial discrimination
languishing
suffering
exile
Person forced to leave his or her own country
to fall heir
would get, receive
inalienable
cannot be given or taken away
citizens of color
Nonwhite US citizens
tranquilizing drug of gradualism
The idea that equality should be achieved slowly over a long period of time
blow off steam
let out anger
bitterness
anger
degenerate
collapse, disintegrate
mobility
ability to move easily from one place to another
trials and tribulations
difficulties
cells
small rooms where prisoners are kept
persecution
Cruel or unfair treatment; discrimination
brutality
cruelty; viciousness
unearned suffering in redemptive
You will be rescued from undeserved or unjust pain
words of interposition and nullification
attempts to prevent and reverse progress
despair
sadness, hopelessness
discords
conflicts, fights
prodigious
huge
curvaceous
having curves
Negro spiritual
A type of religious song that was created by slaves in the southern US.
Lady Libertymutter
speak or say words unclearly; mumble
leaden
made of lead, heavy
blunt reproach
clear blame or disapproval
murmurs
whispers
square
An open place in the town with buildings all around it
Potter’s field
A burial place for very poor, unknown people.
blear
dim, sore
plumage
the feathers of a bird
resolute
determined, firm
budge
move, go away