| A | B |
| ally | friend |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| jammed | crowded |
| striving | trying very hard to achieve a goal |
| path | a way or a road |
| linked | connected |
| unanimous | 100% in agreement |
| segregation | separation of blacks and whites |
| desegregation | taking away the separation of races |
| call off | cancel |
| passive resistance | peacefully refusing to obey a law |
| riot | violent public demonstraiton |
| in charge | being the boss |
| dream | vision of the future |
| boycott | refusing to buy something in protest |
| push someone around | to make someone afraid with physical force or words |
| freedom | ability to do, say, or think what you want |
| JFK | John F. Kennedy |
| MLK | Martin Luther King |
| creed | system o f beliefs or philosophy |