Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges – Flashcards
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civil rights movement
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effort to establish the civil rights of black citizens
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racism
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discrimination directed against someone of a different race
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integration
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intermixing of people or groups previously segregated
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segregationists
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people in favor of keeping certain racial groups separated
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crisis
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a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
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sharecroppers
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a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
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grits
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a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels
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NAACP
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - fought against racial segregation and discrimination by nonviolent means
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unyielding
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not giving way to pressure
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marshals
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federal law officer
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barricades
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barrier constructed across a street or other pathway to prevent movement of opposing forces
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John Steinbeck
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US novelist, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath
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picket lines
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boundary established by people on strike
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morally
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standards of good and bad character
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Ku Klux Klan
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secret society that opposed social change and freedom of Blocks, wore white robes and hoods, used violence and terrorism
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rioters
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people who take part in a violent public disturbance
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lynched
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kill someone by hanging, for an alleged offense, usually done by a mob
