VocabularyPractice

Punishing all of us for the actions of my sister seemed _______.

a) unsuspecting

b) avoided

c) injustice

d) unfair

unfair – adjective – no fair or just

Your great-grandparents are some of your _________.

a) avoided

b) injustice

c) ancestors

d) unfair

ancestors – plural noun – people in the past from whom one comes

The mountain climber faced _____ problems, but they still had fun.

a) ancestors

b) numerous

c) segregation

d) unsuspecting

numerous – adjective – forming a large number; many

The ____ girls did not realize they were about to get sprayed by the hose.

a) segregation

b) unsuspecting

c) avoided

d) injustice

unsuspecting – adjective – having no suspicions

Butch ____ doing hard work.

a) numerous

b) segregation

c) unsuspecting

d) avoided

avoided – verb – stayed away from

There are many tools to fight ______, and everyone should know them.

a) injustice

b) unfair

c) ancestors

d) numerous

injustice – noun – lack of justice; unfairness

There are laws against ________ in public schools.

a) unfair

b) ancestors

c) numerous

d) segregation

segregation – noun – the practice of setting one racial group apart from another

Linda Brown1950, Linda Brown was a third grader living in Topeka, Kansas. Because she was African American, Linda Brown was forced to walk a long distance to catch a bus that took her to a school even farther away. She was not allowed to attend the elementary school that was only a few blocks from her home. Only white children could attend that school. African American children around the country had to attend different schools from white children. Separating students because of their race is a form of segregation. Segregation is the separation of people based on race or religion.

Brown v. Board of Education

 Thurgood Marshall presented the case before the United States Supreme Court. The decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas called for an end to school segregation. The Supreme Court reached its decision on May 17, 1954. Chief Justice Earl Warren stated in the reading of the Supreme Court's decision that "in the field of public education . . . 'separate but equal' has no place." Not every state followed that order right away. In time, however, segregation in schools came to an end.

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