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| African National Congress |
South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| Agamemnon |
in Greek mythology, the Mycenaean king and commander in chief who led the attack against Troy. |
| ANC |
abbreviation of "African National Congress," South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| apple of discord |
in Greek mythology, a golden apple that caused jealous discord among three goddesses and indirectly led to the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bloody Sunday |
March 7, 1965, the day on which American civil rights activists, led by John Lewis and others, marched onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and were beaten and tear-gassed by waiting police officers and deputies on the other side. |
| Civil Rights Movement |
a movement in the United States particularly prominent during the 1950s and 1960s that sought to end racial discrimination, legal segregation of blacks and whites, and racial barriers to voting. The movement was led by black leaders such as Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and James Farmer. It mobilized tens of thousands of African Americans in protest against existing laws and practices. Activists, both black and white, endured harassment and violence from the police and others as the movement progressed. Eventually, the American civil rights movement brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other measures. [1/2 definitions] |
| discard |
in card games, to throw out (a card) from one's hand, or play (a card in a different suit from the one led, and not a trump). [1/5 definitions] |
| ductile |
willing to be led or persuaded; easily influenced. [1/3 definitions] |
| embassy |
a diplomatic mission, esp. one led by an ambassador. [1/4 definitions] |
| Fascisti |
Italy's fascist party led by Benito Mussolini, or the members thereof. |
| frail1 |
easily tempted or led astray. [1/4 definitions] |
| John Lewis |
American civil rights activist and U.S. Congress member from Georgia, who led, among other marches and demonstrations, the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965, which galvanized the nation and quickened the passage of the Voting Rights Act (b. 1940--d. 2020). |
| light-emitting diode |
a semiconductor diode that emits a bright light when electrified; abbreviated (abbreviated "LED"). |
| misguided |
led astray; in error; mistaken. |
| monastic |
of or characterized by an austere, secluded life such as that led by a monk. [1/3 definitions] |
| Moses |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai, and who led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. |
| Norman Conquest |
the conquest of England by the Normans, led by William the Conqueror, in 1066. |
| nose ring |
a ring inserted through the nose of an animal so that it may be led. [1/2 definitions] |
| reformation |
(cap.) the religious movement of the sixteenth century that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches. [1/2 definitions] |
| reformer |
(cap.) any of the persons who led the Reformation. [1/2 definitions] |
| renounce |
a failure to follow the suit that has been led in a card game. [1/5 definitions] |
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