Words

• Berlin-based = from Berlin
• boycott= to refuse to do something as a way of protesting
• capital = the most important city in a country; where the government is
• civil rights icon = a famous person who has fought hard  for the basic rights that every person should have
• Civil Rights Movement = time in the 1950s and 1960s when African Americans fought to get the same rights as white people
• courageous = brave
• death threats = people say that they want to kill you
• decade = ten years
• defiance = when you do not do what someone orders you to
• defy the odds = something does not happen the way you would expect it to
• demolish =  pull down, destroy
• eventually = slowly , as time goes on
• flee = escape from a dangerous situation
• honour = to respect someone
• nestled = to be in-between  something
• niece = the daughter of my sister
• nook and cranny = here: every part of the place
• opportunity = chance
• piece by piece = here: every element of the house was carefully transported
• preservation =to keep something in its original state
• raise money = collect money
• rebuilt = to built again
• refuse = do not do something that a person has told you to
• rightful place = place where it should be, according to law
• seamstress = a woman whose job it is to sew and make clothes
• segregation = people of a different race, religion or culture are who are kept apart by law
• worn = here: damaged; in a bad condition