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BHM Pd 4 2019
Period 4 Black History Month Projects 2019
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lady Day | Holiday’s famous nickname given to her by a friend |
| Jazz | the genre of music that Holiday was most known for |
| Drug/Substance Abuse | the act of partaking in any addictive substance(s) |
| Civil Rights | the rights of civilians to be treated as equals in activities or other aspects of living |
| Fifteenth Amendment | the amendment that states that a citizen’s right to vote cannot be denied on account of his race |
| Reconstruction Era | the period from after the civil war where the south was to be rebuilt |
| jim crow laws | law that separated blacks and whites in southern states |
| discrimination | treating people differently just because of their sex, race, or age |
| Racism | the belief that someone is inferior compared to you just because of their race |
| Parkinson’s syndrome | (PD) is a degenerative disorder that affects the motor system |
| Olympiad | is a celebration of the Olympic Games |
| Heavyweight boxer | is a professional boxer that is above 175 pounds |
| influence | The ability to change someone or someone’s thoughts throughout actions or words |
| Musician | A person who can play an instrument an is usually talented at it |
| Performer | A person who entertains a crowd |
| Jim Crow Laws | A series of laws put in place in the post-reconstruction south to discourage black voters and institute segregation |
| Poll Taxes | Begun in the 1890’s as a legal way to keep African Americans from voting in Southern States |
| Ratified/Ratify | Official way to validate a proposed law, almost always done by vote |
| Poetry | a style of writing that expresses feeling and ideas by style and rhythm |
| Harlem Renaissance | intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York in the 1920’s |
| Langston Hughes | an American poet, social activist, novelist, and a playwright |
| 1964 Civil Rights Act | is a landmark civil rights and U |
| Desegregation | the ending of a policy of racial segregation |
| Nondiscrimination | racial and religious intolerance |
| Boycott | A withdraw or protest against something that has a part in the problem |
| Penalized | subject to some form of punishment/ put in an unfavorable position or at an unfair disadvantage |
| Publicity | Attention given by Media |
| Segregated | set apart from each other; separated or divided among racial, sexual, or religious lines |
| Murdered | kill someone unlawfully and with premeditation |
| Invincibility | Incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued |
| Segregation | the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group |
| Boycott | to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion to boycott a store |
| Racism | a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among various human racial groups determine cultural individual achievement, involving idea one's own race is superior has right to dominate others that particular racial group is inferior to the others |
| Civil rights | rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the the rights to full legal, social, and economic equality extended to blacks |
| Desegregation | the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc |
| Pivotal | of vital or critical importance a pivotal event |
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