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Jim Crow

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racial segregation laws that maintained white supremacy

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Segregation

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the separation of blacks and white; this was also a way to maintain white supremacy in urban areas

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Miscegenation

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interracial sexual relations

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Lynching

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mob torture and killing mainly black males that did not "know their place" in the deep south

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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beginning of the Jim Crow era; separate but equal does not violate civil rights

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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segregated schools violates the civil rights of children

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Sharecropping

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sustains race relations in rural areas; dominant means of agricultural production in the south

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Crop lien

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system that keeps the sharecropper in debt so they are tied down to working for the same landowner until their debt is paid off

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Chattel slavery

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ownership of humans

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Racism

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having prejudice and power towards another race

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Dolls test

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a test that was performed to show how children react to different races (skin color)

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Cult of Southern Womanhood

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idealization of white women in a particular social class

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War on drugs

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a campaign designed to reduce illegal drug trade

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White-flight

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something specifically designed for whites only

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Gentrification

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a shift towards wealthier residents or businesses in a community in order to detriment the poorer residents

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Kock brothers

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right winged conservative millionaires

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Memoir

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story that someone writes about their own life

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Carter Plantation

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the first plantation that Essie Mae lived on

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George Lee

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Essie Mae's eight year old uncle that would watch after her and beat her

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Adline

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Essie Mae's younger sister

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Bush

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Essie Mae's father's best friend who was killed

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Florence

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Bush's widowed wife

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Junior

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Essie Mae's younger brother

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Aunt Cindy

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they lived with her for awhile; she has six kids

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The Cooks

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gave Essie Mae's mother a job for two week; grew corn on their plantation

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Reverend Cason

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Essie Mae's school teacher at Mount Pleasant

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Ed

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Essie Mae's uncle that took care of her played with her outside (hunting, etc.)

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Sam and Walter

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Ed's brothers and Essie Mae's mother's half brothers

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Raymond

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a soldier and then retired soldier that Essie Mae's mother has two children with and eventually takes the family in to live with them

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Miss Pearl

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Raymond's mother who doesn't treat Essie Mae's mother right or pay attention to her

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James

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the first child born from Raymond and Essie Mae's mother; lives with Miss Pearl

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Johnsons

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another plantation owner that Essie Mae's family lives on (teacher and rancher)

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Miss Ola

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Mr. Jonhson's mother who sometimes looks after Essie Mae and makes her take care of her; she lets her sleep with her in her big bed

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Mrs. Claiborne

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sells milk to the Moodys and spoils Essie Mae when she starts working for her

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Aunt Caroline

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midwife that delivered all of the Moodys

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Alberta

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Essie Mae's aunt (her mother's sister)

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Mount Pleasant

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the church that the Moodys used to attend before they lived with Raymond; Essie Mae gets baptized here just because her mother and sister Jones force her to

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Centreville Baptist

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the church that Raymond's family attends and Essie Mae enjoys going to

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Cherie and Darlene

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Essie Mae's half sisters that she plays with but then starts disliking when they compete for grades and ignore her in public

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Reverend Polk

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the pastor at Centreville Baptist and he killed someone; he has a white beard that Essie Mae is curious about

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Reverend Tyson

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the new pastor at Mount Pleasant; he baptizes Essie Mae

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Sister Jones

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a member of Mount Pleasant that always tries to convince Essie Mae along with other teenagers to join the church

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Emmett Till

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a 14 year old boy from Chicago who was killed in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman

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Jennie Ann

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another of Essie Mae's sisters (youngest sister)

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Ralph

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another of Essie Mae's brothers (youngest)

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Mrs. Rice

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one of Essie Mae's teachers who got fired teaching her about the NAACP and other things regarding this

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Mr. Fox

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the deputy sheriff who had an affair with one of Essie Mae's classmates (Bess)

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Donna and Johnny

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Linda Jean's children who Essie Mae babysits for

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Ed Cassidy

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the town sheriff who eventually helps Essie Mae run away from her mother and Raymond

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Jerry

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one of Essie Mae's brothers a boy in Centerville who was beaten

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Taplin family

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their house was burned down by white people in the community

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Mr. Banks

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a wealthy, yellow mulatto

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Bertha

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uncle Ed's wife

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Mrs. Jetson

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a woman who hires Essie Mae for work in Baton Rouge

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Susie

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a girl that Essie Mae works with at the Ourso family shoe store in Baton Rouge who betrays her

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Mr. Hicks

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Essie Mae's basketball coach who has a crush on her

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Billy, Ray, Sue, and Judy

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some friends of Wayne's that Essie Mae tutors in algebra

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Wayne

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Mrs. Burke's son who Essie Mae tutors in algebra. Wayne has a crush on Essie Mae and Mrs. Burke forbids them from seeing each other

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Mrs. Crosby

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Mrs. Burke's mother who looks after Essie Mae and has her best interest

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Mrs. Hunt

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Mrs. Burke's neighbor who hires Essie Mae until she goes to New Orleans

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Celia

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Essie Mae's aunt who she stays with in New Orleans

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Sis

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one of Essie Mae's aunts that lives with her aunt Celia. She works with Essie Mae at the chicken plant

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Eddie

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the friend of Sis' who tells Essie Mae and Sis about work at the chicken plant

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Johnny

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Celia's husband

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Mr. Willis

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the principal at Essie Mae's high school

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Winnie

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Essie Mae's grandmother

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Lily-white

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one of the workers at the restaurant that Winnie and Essie Mae work at and also a stripper

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Lola

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scary worker that works at the restaurant with Essie Mae

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Samuel O'Quinn

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a man who was shot at night in Centerville

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Mr. Leon and Miss Clara

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neighbor's of Essie Mae who take her to the sheriff and help her run away

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Emma

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Essie Mae's stepmother (her father's wife)

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Wilbert

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Emma's brother in law who accidentally shoots her while aiming for his wife and kids

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integration

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the opposite of segregation; bringing blacks and whites together

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NAACP

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national association for the advancement of colored people

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human rights

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moral standards that set out principles of behavior

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pigmentocracy

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status depends on skin color; discrimination based on skin color

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freedom riders

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civil rights activists who rode buses in segregated towns

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apartheid

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a system of racial segregation in South Africa

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Montgomery bus boycott

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a protest campaign against racial segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, AL

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Voting rights act 1965 and Civil rights act 1964

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passes by President Johnson knowing he would turn the South over to the republican party; by passing these, he is acknowledging racism in the South

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vigilante

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a member of a volunteer group organized to punish by crime without a jury

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meritocracy

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status based on the application of ones merit

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affirmative action

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programs used to improve job opportunities for those who have been disadvantaged in the past

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dissent

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to hold a belief that is opposite of what the majority holds

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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nativism

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the policy of protecting the rights of native born inhabitants against those of immigrants

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Islamaphobia

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hatred or prejudice against Muslims

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