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Martin Luther King, Jr. Vocabulary

discrimination the act of making invalid, unfair, or hurtful differentiations, as in prejudice against people of minority groups.
dream a strongly held purpose or goal.
justice the principle or quality of equity; moral rightness.
leadership the ability or quality that makes one a leader.
minister a person authorized to perform or assist with religious ceremony and worship; pastor.
nonviolence the policy or practice of refusing to use violent means to pursue political or social aims.
peace a state of freedom from war or hostility.
protest a gesture or formal action by a person or esp. a group as a public display of objection or dissent.
racial pertaining to relations between races of people, esp. those living in the same country, city, or neighborhood.
civil rights rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group.
segregation the condition of being separated, esp. as a policy imposing social separation according to racial or ethnic groups.
speech a public address.
struggle to contend strenuously with a difficult problem or situation.
boycott to refuse to buy, use, attend, or deal with (a product, activity, business, or the like), usu. as a protest or means of persuasion.

 

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