Emmett Till + The Fight for Civil Rights

Deteriorating

Becoming worse

integration

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races

segregation

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

to culminate in

to reach the highest point/the final stage

demonstrations

protests on the streets

to degenerate

to get worse

militant

ready to fight, especially for a cause

Act

a written law passed by Congress

respectively

In the same order as just mentioned

lynching

putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law

Jim Crow laws

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

assailant

a person who attacks someone violently

allegedly

supposedly; believed to be so but not yet proved

gouge

(v.) to make a hole or dent in something

segregated

set apart or separated from others

lewd

crude or offensive in a sexual way

to saunter

to walk in a slow, relaxed way

Proprietor

owner of a business

enraged

very angry

initials

The first letters of a person's names

mutilated

having suffered a violent and disfiguring injury

to deliberate

to consider something carefully

to indict

(N-American English) To formally charge someone with a crime

Impetus

something that makes a process happen/happen faster, motivation

to recant

To formally withdraw