Letter from Birmingham Jail Vocab 1

segregated

• reprimand; strongly criticize

• racially separated

• inactive

• events designed to bring change, such as boycotts and protests

smuggle

• significant or important

• beg or plead

• desperate situation

• to secretly or illegally move someone or

  something

direct actions

• events designed to bring change, such as

  boycotts and protests

• significant or important

• a writing that strongly influences work

  that follows

• an activist

plight

• being locked away alone in jail or prision

• desperate situation

• significant or important

• to refuse to buy a product or do business with a person, business, or organization

urge

• beg or plead

• racially separated

• clear and persuasive speaking or writing

• to secretly or illegally move someone or

  something

castigate

• events designed to bring change, such as

  boycotts or protests

• beg or plead

• an activist

• reprimand; strongly criticize

passive

• writing that strongly influences work that

  follows

• beg or plead

• inactive

• significant or important

substantive

• writing that strongly influences work that

  follows

• beg or plead

• inactive

• significant or important

solitary confinement

• being locked away alone in jail or prision

• desperate situation

• significant or important

• to refuse to buy a product or do business with a person, business, or organization

seminal text

• events designed to bring change, such as

  boycotts and protests

• significant or important

• a writing that strongly influences work

  that follows

• an activist