Lit of the Civil Rights Movement

prosperity

good fortune, success

hallowed

holy, sacred

tribulations

great trouble or misery

redemptive

serving to make amends

oppression

cruel or unjust treatment by others

exalted

lifted up

idly

without taking action

postpone

delay, pit off for later

stagnation

inactivity

complacency

self-satisfaction

yearning

deep longing

languished

wasted away; weakened

exploitation

treating someone unfairly by taking advantage of their work

delude

mislead; fool; deceive

reciprocal

mutual

conscience

sense of right or wrong

captivity

imprisonment

manipulation

controlling someone in an indirect, dishonest way

incompetent

not capable or skilled

repression

subduing someone by force