click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
History 1.5d
Barrier Breakers Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enslavement | "owning" people and making them work with no pay |
| lawyer | A person who helps others understand laws |
| governor | The leader of a state's government |
| barrier | something that stops a person from moving forward |
| tournaments | very large sports competitions |
| John Mercer Langston | The first black Congressman from Virginia. He was also a laywer. |
| Booker T. Washington | Enslaved as a child, but was determined to read and write. He helped form Tuskegee Institute for Black students in Alabama. |
| Maggie L. Walker | First woman to own a bank and become the President |
| L. Douglas Wilder | First black person to be elected to governor of the United States. He was also a laywer. |
| Barbara Johns | She took action for better schools for Black students. |
| Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. | He won the biggest and most important tennis tournament in the country. Then, he used his fame to become a role model as he fought for equal rights for people around the world. |