| A | B |
| discrimination | treating someone unfairly because of race, religion, or gender |
| laborers | another word for workers |
| Kentucky | slave state across the river from Ohio |
| Wyandot | Ohio Indian tribe that took in escaped slaves |
| Martin Luther King Jr | Civil rights leader that helped end segregation |
| Ruby Bridges | Young girl who was the 1st to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana |
| fourteen | Approximate percentage of African Americans in Ohio |
| Harriet Tubman | She helped many slaves escape through the Underground Railroad |
| conductor | person who guided escaped slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad |
| Granville T Woods | African American inventor from Ohio that was known as "The Black Thomas Edison" |
| Moses | Code name used for Harriet Tubman |
| station | A safe resting place for slaves, usually a house |
| Jesse Owens | African American from Ohio that won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics |
| racism | The belief that certain races are superior to others |
| segregated | seperated by race |
| Underground Railroad | System set up to help slave escape |
| Great Blue Heron | Largest bird in Ohio |
| south | Region of the United States where slavery occurred the most |
| Carl B Stokes | 1st African American mayor of a major city (Cleveland) |