BGD pages 0-166 VOCAB and PEOPLE

having very few plants; not suitable for plants; desolate, bare, bleak, empty, lonely

• barren

• gourds

• soapbox

• buckeye

any of a family of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines including the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin

• barren

• gourds

• soapbox

• buckeye

a box or small platform that someone stands on to give a speech to people in an outdoor, public place

• barren

• gourds

• soapbox

• buckeye

1. any of various shrubs or trees of the horse-chestnut family;  also : the large nutlike seed of such a shrub or tree

2. a native or resident of Ohio —used as a nickname

3. a supporter of Ohio State University

• barren

• gourds

• soapbox

• buckeye

“Most visible spokesperson and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.  King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Singers

• Rosa Parks

1. 35th President of the United States

2. President when Jacqueline Woodson was born

3. was a symbol of hope for many black people, especially after giving a nationally-televised speech on civil rights during the chaotic summer of 1963.”

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Singers

• Rosa Parks

1. “An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.”

2. Did not always support Dr. King’s emphasis on nonviolence.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Singers

• Rosa Parks

1. Started as an a cappella (singing without accompaniment) quartet formed in 1962

2. Sang protest songs

3. Their music educated audiences about civil rights issues and fought against Jim Crow segregation (state & local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

• Freedom Singers

• Rosa Parks

1. Civil rights activist

2. Known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott

• James Baldwin

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

American writer who wrote on the subject of race in America

• James Baldwin

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges