1. segregation Word of the Day
Week of February 10, 2014
segregation
(noun) the action of setting someone apart from other people. (In the United States African Americans were segregated for almost 100 years because of the color of their skin.)
Sentence: People should not be segregated just because of the way they look.

2. Word of the Day
Week of February 10, 2014
protest
(verb) an action where many people show disapproval
Sentences: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped with many peaceful protests because he was against segregation.

3. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Word of the Day
Week of February 10, 2014
Civil Rights Act of 1964
(noun) a law that ended segregation and gave everyone the same rights.
Sentence: Thanks to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, African Americans could now use any public facilities.

4. discrimination Word of the Day
Week of February 10, 2014
discrimination
(noun) the practice of unfairly treating a person differently from other people
Sentence: My mother was discriminated when she applied for a job in a factory. They wanted a man for the job instead of a woman.