GLOSSARY: I HAVE A DREAM

SEGREGATION

separation of the races

CIVIL RIGHTS

the rights of citizenship and equality under the law

SLAVERY

A system of enforced servitude

ABOLISH

cancel or put an end to

MISTREAT

to treat badly

INEQUALITY

lack of equality

ACTIVISM

any activity intended to bring about social change

ROOTED

established deeply and firmly

CREED

A statement of belief (sinismena)

SWELTERING

suffocating

Be judged

to be evaluated, inspected

DRIPPING

coming down in drops (tantaka)

CROOKED

Dishonest

FAITH

Belief in God

DISCORD

disagreement

ABOLISHIONIST

A person who works to end slavery

TO MARCH

to walk together with others as protest

CORE

central part

CITIZEN

a legal member of a country

TAKE A CHANCE ON something

decide to do something, even though it involves risk

STRUGGLE

fight

REGARDLESS

in spite of; no matter about all the rest

SEEK TO (sought, sought)

to look for

DISMANTLE

to take apart

LANDMARK EVENTS

Events that are significant in our lives/ in history.

SPARKED BY

caused by

REFUSE TO do sth

say that you won't do sth that sb has asked you to do

RULING

legal decision

SET THE STAGE FOR

to make it possible for something else to happen

Sit-ins

protests by black college students, 1960-1961, who took seats at "whites only" lunch counters and refused to leave until served; in 1960 over 50,000 participated in sit-ins across the South. Their success prompted the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

freedom rides

a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961

Civil Disobedience

A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.

milestones

Major accomplishments within each area of development

aim

goal

overcome

to defeat

catalyse

to speed up

set the stage for

to make it possible for something else to happen

aknowledge

admit to be true

reminder

something that makes you remember something

relentless

continuous; unstoppable

unwavering

firm and determined