Viola Desmond Vocabulary

1. 1.Separate people of different races, religions or sexes and treat them in a different way

• honour

• inspire

• challenge

• segregation

2. 2.Treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others

• discrimination

• segregation

• equality

• inequality

3. 3. The fact of being equal in rights, status, advantages

4. racial/social/gender __________

• segregation

• equality

• discrimination

• inequality

4. 4. make someone pay money as an official punishment

• challenge

• inspire

• fine

• stand up for

5. 5. make someone encouraged or motivated to do something

• inspire

• segregate

• honour

6. 6. Viola Desmond is a civil right activist. She inspired many people to __________ their rights

• stand up for

• honour

• challenge

7. 7. Viola Desmond was the first Black woman in Canada to _________ laws against racial discrimination.

• challenge

• inspire

• arrest