| A | B |
| Congress | law making part of US government |
| militant | prepared to use violence if necessary |
| emancipation | freedom from slavery |
| patriotic | love of one's country |
| elementary school | primary school |
| precedent | a court's interpretation which provides the basis for poher decisions |
| ghetto | a slum area of town |
| provocation | to get someone annoyed with your actions |
| confrontation | getting someone to respond in an extreme way to provocation |
| manifesto | a document with a series of statements about a group's position |
| bigoted | narrow minded |
| amendment | a later adjustment to a rule or law |
| retaliate | to get back at someone |
| desegregation | to remove laws that separate facilities by race or colour |
| grandfather clause | special tests to stop Blacks from registering to vote |