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Civil Rights
Dr. Campbell
Term | Definition |
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defiance | the act of refusing to obey someone or some organization |
discrimination | prejudice or unjust behavior to others based on differences in age, race, gender, and so on |
oppression | act of treating people in a cruel and unjust way |
segregation | act or practice of keeping people or groups apart |
sharecropper | a farmer who gives a share of the crop to the landowner |
tactics | plans or methods to win a game or battle or achieve a goal |
appeal | to ask for a decision made by a court of law to be changed |
boycott | to refuse to buy something or to take part in something as a way of protesting |
harass | to pester or annoy someone |
integrate | to include people of all races |
provoke | to annoy someone and make the person angry |
retaliate | to do something unpleasant to someone because the person has done something unpleasant to you |
segregate | to keep people or things apart from the main group |
violate | to break a promise, a rule, or a law |
restrictive | confining or keeping within the limits |
trivial | not very important |
unconstitutional | not in keeping with the basic principles or laws set forth in the constitution of a state or country, especially the Constitution of the United States |