Coming of Age in Mississippi

racial segregation laws that maintained white supremacy

the separation of blacks and white; this was also a way to maintain white supremacy in urban areas

interracial sexual relations

mob torture and killing mainly black males that did not "know their place" in the deep south

beginning of the Jim Crow era; separate but equal does not violate civil rights

segregated schools violates the civil rights of children

sustains race relations in rural areas; dominant means of agricultural production in the south

system that keeps the sharecropper in debt so they are tied down to working for the same landowner until their debt is paid off

ownership of humans

having prejudice and power towards another race

a test that was performed to show how children react to different races (skin color)

idealization of white women in a particular social class

a campaign designed to reduce illegal drug trade

something specifically designed for whites only

a shift towards wealthier residents or businesses in a community in order to detriment the poorer residents

right winged conservative millionaires

story that someone writes about their own life

the first plantation that Essie Mae lived on

Essie Mae's eight year old uncle that would watch after her and beat her

Essie Mae's younger sister

Essie Mae's father's best friend who was killed

Bush's widowed wife

Essie Mae's younger brother

they lived with her for awhile; she has six kids

gave Essie Mae's mother a job for two week; grew corn on their plantation

Essie Mae's school teacher at Mount Pleasant

Essie Mae's uncle that took care of her played with her outside (hunting, etc.)

Ed's brothers and Essie Mae's mother's half brothers

a soldier and then retired soldier that Essie Mae's mother has two children with and eventually takes the family in to live with them

Raymond's mother who doesn't treat Essie Mae's mother right or pay attention to her

the first child born from Raymond and Essie Mae's mother; lives with Miss Pearl

another plantation owner that Essie Mae's family lives on (teacher and rancher)

Mr. Jonhson's mother who sometimes looks after Essie Mae and makes her take care of her; she lets her sleep with her in her big bed

sells milk to the Moodys and spoils Essie Mae when she starts working for her

midwife that delivered all of the Moodys

Essie Mae's aunt (her mother's sister)

the church that the Moodys used to attend before they lived with Raymond; Essie Mae gets baptized here just because her mother and sister Jones force her to

the church that Raymond's family attends and Essie Mae enjoys going to

Essie Mae's half sisters that she plays with but then starts disliking when they compete for grades and ignore her in public

the pastor at Centreville Baptist and he killed someone; he has a white beard that Essie Mae is curious about

the new pastor at Mount Pleasant; he baptizes Essie Mae

a member of Mount Pleasant that always tries to convince Essie Mae along with other teenagers to join the church

a 14 year old boy from Chicago who was killed in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman

another of Essie Mae's sisters (youngest sister)

another of Essie Mae's brothers (youngest)

one of Essie Mae's teachers who got fired teaching her about the NAACP and other things regarding this

the deputy sheriff who had an affair with one of Essie Mae's classmates (Bess)

Linda Jean's children who Essie Mae babysits for

the town sheriff who eventually helps Essie Mae run away from her mother and Raymond

one of Essie Mae's brothers a boy in Centerville who was beaten

their house was burned down by white people in the community

a wealthy, yellow mulatto

uncle Ed's wife

a woman who hires Essie Mae for work in Baton Rouge

a girl that Essie Mae works with at the Ourso family shoe store in Baton Rouge who betrays her

Essie Mae's basketball coach who has a crush on her

some friends of Wayne's that Essie Mae tutors in algebra

Mrs. Burke's son who Essie Mae tutors in algebra. Wayne has a crush on Essie Mae and Mrs.

Burke forbids them from seeing each other

Mrs. Burke's mother who looks after Essie Mae and has her best interest

Mrs.

Burke's neighbor who hires Essie Mae until she goes to New Orleans

Essie Mae's aunt who she stays with in New Orleans

one of Essie Mae's aunts that lives with her aunt Celia. She works with Essie Mae at the chicken plant

the friend of Sis' who tells Essie Mae and Sis about work at the chicken plant

Celia's husband

the principal at Essie Mae's high school

Essie Mae's grandmother

one of the workers at the restaurant that Winnie and Essie Mae work at and also a stripper

scary worker that works at the restaurant with Essie Mae

a man who was shot at night in Centerville

neighbor's of Essie Mae who take her to the sheriff and help her run away

Essie Mae's stepmother (her father's wife)

Emma's brother in law who accidentally shoots her while aiming for his wife and kids

the opposite of segregation; bringing blacks and whites together

national association for the advancement of colored people

moral standards that set out principles of behavior

status depends on skin color; discrimination based on skin color

civil rights activists who rode buses in segregated towns

a system of racial segregation in South Africa

a protest campaign against racial segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, AL

passes by President Johnson knowing he would turn the South over to the republican party; by passing these, he is acknowledging racism in the South

a member of a volunteer group organized to punish by crime without a jury

status based on the application of ones merit

programs used to improve job opportunities for those who have been disadvantaged in the past

to hold a belief that is opposite of what the majority holds

the right to vote

the policy of protecting the rights of native born inhabitants against those of immigrants

hatred or prejudice against Muslims