Coming of Age in Mississippi – Flashcards

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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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