| A | B |
|---|
| broad | wide; widespread |
| coalition | group of people or organizations |
| urge | request strongly |
| overhaul | re-do; start from the beginning and do again |
| spur | encourage; urge; prod |
| festive | celebratory; joyful |
| roars | growl; holler; howl |
| embrace | accept; welcome |
| dense | thick; opaque; impenetrable |
| humanity | humankin; civilization; people |
| mass | large |
| rallies | public meetings; large gatherings; assemblies |
| erupted | explode; blow up; break out |
| displays | shows; presentations; exhibitions |
| diversity | variety; assortment; range |
| roster | list |
| underscoring | highlighting; emphasizing |
| constituency | electorate; voters; population |
| recently | not long ago; lately; a short time ago |
| merges | comes together; combines; unites; joins |
| mood | frame of mind; temper; feel |
| defiant | disobedient; rebellious |
| immense | very large; huge |
| fueled | powered |
| optimism | confidence; hopefulness |
| segregation | separation of different groups |
| integration | mixing; incorporation |
| boycott | protest; refuse to do something or buy something |
| freedom riders | people who rode buses in the south to protest segregation |
| universal rights | things all people should have |
| Brown Vs. Board of Education | 1954 law ending segregation in schools |
| Rosa Parks | black person who refused to give up her seat on a bus in the south |
| Linda Brown | black student who wanted to go to a white school |
| sit-in | one type of nonviolent protest |
| Civil Rights Act | 1964 law that gave civil rights to all Americans |
| Thurgood Marshall | black judge who won Brown vs. Board of Education case |
| Martin Luther King | black man who gave "I have a dream" speech in Washington |
