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BHM Pd 8 2019
Period 8 Black History Month Projects 2019
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Rights | the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality |
| Discrimination | he unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
| segregation | the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment |
| Folk rock | popular music resembling or derived from folk music but incorporating the stronger beat of rock music and using electric instruments |
| Soul music | a kind of music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel music, popularized by African-Americans |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll |
| Empower | To make someone stronger or more confident |
| Popular | Well known |
| Talented | Possessing a skill |
| Inspire | To fill with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative |
| Activist. | A person who campaigns to bring about political or social change |
| Protest | To act against a person or event |
| Strive | To make an effort to accomplish something |
| Brave | Not afraid of anyone or anything |
| Desegregate | To end a policy of racial segregation in |
| Protest | A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something |
| Participated | To take part in something |
| Segregation | the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart |
| Unconstitutional | not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules |
| white supremacy | when white people had all advantages of work, school, etc and complete control of society |
| Inductee | a person who is introduced to an organization or they volunteer or are drafted into the military |
| Baseball | a game played with a bat and a ball with two opposing teams |
| Musician | a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented |
| Branch Rickey | This is the man that signed Jackie Robinson to play for his team |
| Commemorative | Recall and show for respect |
| Cairo, Georgia | The location of Jackie Robinson’s birth birth |
| Birmingham, Alabama | The location of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing |
| George Wallace | the governor of Alabama at the time of this incident |
| Reverend John Porter’s Sixth Avenue Baptist Church | was the location were the funeral was held for the girls that passed always in the bombing and over 8,000 people attended |
| Mosque | a Muslim place of worship |
| Presbyterian | relating to a Christian Church |
| Denouncing | publicly calling someone wrong or evil |
| Manhattan Audubon | A nonprofit organization with the purpose of protecting wild birds |
| Lynched | killing someone who didn't have a legal trial by hanging them |
| Monumental | Of outstanding significance |
| Influential | Having or exerting influence |
| Courageous | Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching |
| Unfair | Unkind, inconsiderate, or unreasonable |
| Human rights | a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person |
| Equality | condition of being equal, or the same in quality, measure, esteem or value |
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