1. Vocabulary - Say It minister ancestors avoided generations numerous
pulpit
shielding

2. More Words to Know confronted injustice nourishing demonstrating
integrate
sympathy

3. people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents
ancestors
people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents

4. kept away from; kept out of the way of
avoided
kept away from; kept out of the way of

5. generations
periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation

6. minister
member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor

7. numerous
very many

8. pulpit
platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches

9. protecting; defending
shielding
protecting; defending

10. confronted
faced boldly, opposed

11. lack of justice, fairness, lawfulness
injustice
lack of justice, fairness, lawfulness

12. keep well-fed and healthy; producing health and growth
nourishing
keep well-fed and healthy; producing health and growth

13. taking part in a parade or meeting to protest or to make demands
demonstrating
taking part in a parade or meeting to protest or to make demands

14. integrate
to make public places available to people or all races on an equal basis

15. agreement; approval; favor
sympathy
agreement; approval; favor

16. Ministers often preach from behind a pulpit.

17. Ministers often preach from behind a pulpit.

18. Martin Luther King, Jr. made numerous speeches about equality.

19. Martin Luther King, Jr. made numerous speeches about equality.

20. Slaves lived without freedom for many generations.

21. Slaves lived without freedom for many generations.

22. In the 1960s, schools were forced to integrate public schools.

23. In the 1960s, schools were forced to integrate public schools.
Norman Rockwell’s
“The Problem We All Live With”

24. Many white students stood outside integrated schools demonstrating their anger of having to go to school with colored people.

25. Many white students stood outside integrated schools demonstrating their anger of having to go to school with colored people.

26. Very few white people had sympathy for colored families.

27. Very few white people had sympathy for colored families.

28. The Underground Railroad was one way of shielding runaway slaves.

29. The Underground Railroad was one way of shielding runaway slaves.
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30. Slaves who had run away avoided places where they could be recognized by anyone.

31. Slaves who had run away avoided places where they could be recognized by anyone.