John Lewis

Vocabulary – John Lewis

Courageously
Adverb
The quality of being brave, the ability to face danger, difficulty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from the task.
Sharecroppers
Noun
A farmer who farms on land they do not own and pay their rent with a share of the value of the crop
Ugliness
Adjective
having the potential to result in violence or hostility
Brutality
Noun
Cruel, harsh, or ruthless behavior
Racism
Noun
Prejudice against people who belong to other races
Freedom Rider
Noun
a civil rights activist who, during the early 1960s, joined one of the interracial groups riding buses through parts of the southern United States to protest against racial segregation
Segregation
Noun
the practice of keeping ethnic, racial, religious, or gender groups separate, especially by enforcing the use of separate schools, transportation, housing, and other facilities, and usually discriminating against a minority group
Interstate
Adjective
Connecting two or more states
Terminals
Noun
Station at the end of a transportation route