| A | B |
|---|
| Black History Month | honors history, culture, and contributions of African Americans |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | civil rights leader and famous orator |
| Segregation | separation of people based on race |
| protest | to speak out against unfair laws or treatment |
| Jacqueline Woodson | wrote memoir Brown Girl Dreaming |
| memoir | a true story about a person's life written by that person |
| Lorraine Hansberry | wrote a Raisin in the Sun |
| play | type of genre A Raisin in the Sun |
| Housing Discrimination | type of conflict in A Raisin in the Sun |
| Great Migration | when Black families moved north for better opportunities |
| Rosa Parks | civil rights leader who refused to give up her bus seat |
| justice | fair treatment under the law |
| theme | main message or lesson of a text |
| resilience | ability to keep going during hard times |
| storytelling | important for helping to pass down history and experiences |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject |
| mood | the feeling the reader gets while reading |
| peaceful protest | a protest without violence |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| Langston Hughes | used poetry to express Black experiences |
