1. Vocabulary PowerPoint
My Brother
Martin By
Christine King Farris

2. injustice
Some people spend their entire lives fighting injustice, or unfairness.

3. Injustice - unfairness

4. numerous
If numerous people sign a petition, their many voices can change the laws.

5. Numerous - many

6. segregation
Laws on segregation once kept African Americans and white Americans separate.

7. Segregation – keeping two groups of people apart

8. nourishing
Many groups hope to end hunger by giving people healthy nourishing food.

9. Nourishing – giving the things needed for good health

10. captured
Some leaders have captured, or caught, peoples attention with moving speeches.

11. Captured - caught

12. Many people have a dream of fair treatment for all. It is their goal.

13. Dream – a hope for the future

14. encounters
Brief encounters, or meetings, with heroes can inspire kids to work for change.

15. Encounters - experiences with something

16. preferred
Some Americans have preferred, or chosen, to work for change as a group.

17. Preferred – liked one thing more than other things.

18. Recall
Most people can look back and recall a situation when they were treated unfairly.

19. Recall – remember something and tell people about it.

20. Example
It is easy to admire a leader who set an example of fairness and equality.

21. Example – a model of what something should look like