Goin' Someplace Special Glossary

by Patricia C. McKissack

Goin' Someplace Special Glossary

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caucasian

white-skinned

downtrodden

oppressed

vent

to release anger

outcast

someone who is ostracized

injustices

lack of fairness

racism

belief that one's own race is superior.

segregated

to seperate based on race

spite

to offend

Jim Crow laws

Legalling segregating black people in the US.

integrated

non-segregated

didacticism

using art to convey something

blatant

obvious

lush

flourishing

spunky

courageous

teem

swarming with.

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