A | B |
slavery | NOUN - the condition when some people are owned by other people and work without pay |
suffer | VERB - to experience something negative, like pain, sickness, or a bad situation |
discrimination | NOUN - treating one group of people differently in an unfair way |
instead of | ADVERB - in the place of someone or something else |
crowded | ADJ - full of people |
refuse | VERB - to say that you WON'T do something |
allowed | ADJ - permitted; okay to do |
equality | NOUN - the situation of having the same rights and opportunities as other people |
illegal | ADJ - not legal |
tragedy | NOUN - a very sad or terrible event, especially when people die |
right | something you are allowed to do or have according to the law |
case | a situation that exists |
segregation | separating people by race, religion, skin color, sex, etc. |
especially | particularly |
profession | a job that needs special education or training |
minister | a religious leader in a church |
league | a group of sports teams that play against each other |
reserve | plan or arrange a seat, a hotel room, or another place |
order someone to do something | command; tell someone to do something |
arrest | take someone away because he/she is accused of a crime |
put an end to something | IDIOM - stop something that is harmful or not acceptable |
inferior | low quality; not as good as other things |
as a result of something | because of something; for this reason |
Supreme Court | the most important court in the U.S. |
outlaw | to make something illegal |
pass a law | vote to accept a new law |
boycott | refuse to buy or use something as a way of protesting |
Nobel Peace Prize | a very important international award given to people who change the world in a peaceful way |
create | make |
occur | happen |