Winter
Inhumane
The slaves were treated as inhumane.
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed slaves in the confederate states (southern states).
Superiority
The white people believed they were superior to the slaves.
Minority
The minority of students wanted to play Wax Museum, so we played seven up instead.
Segregation
The black people went to different schools than the white people because the schools were segregated.
Citizen
A person who has full rights and responsibilities as member of a country
Migrant
Mallie Robinson and her kids were migrants because they moved from Georgia to California for a better life.
Injustice
The slaves were treated with a lot of injustice.
Inequality
There was a lot of inequality between the slaves and white people.
Escalate
Tensions between the white people and African Americans escalated when many African Americans fled north and were working alongside white people.
Equity
Denied
My mom denied me access to the cookie jar before dinner.
Barrier
Jackie Robinson broke a huge color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Sharecropper
Jackie Robinson's grandmother was a sharecropper, who farmed the land owned by white people for a share of the profits.
Resistance
Abolish
The United States eventually abolished slavery.
Ammendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution guaranteed all people born in the United States, including African Americans, citizenship and equal protection under the law.
Visible
In the 1920s there were visible signs of hope for the African Americans because they worked in schools, hospitals, and for newspapers.
Endured
Portion
I ate a portion of my meal, so I put the rest in a box for tomorrow.