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Dear Martin: Characterizations

Name: ______________________________
File #: ___________  Block:  __________
Date: __________________________
Across
This character is a student at Braselton Preparatoy Academy. Her father is a black football player, and her mother is a Norwegian descent. She is very beautiful, but drinks too much.
This character is a female white student at Braselton Preparatory Academy. Her parents are wealthy and Jewish. Her debate partner is Justyce.
This character is the white son of wealthy parents. He is a senior at Braselton Preparatory Academy. He does not believe there is inequality in the U.S.
These characters are black and have good jobs. One is a psychologist and the other a vice president for a financial firm. They are Manny’s parents.
Who is Justyce trying to be like?
This character is a 17-year-old black teen, who was born and raised in a poor, majority-black neighborhood in Atlanta. He is very intelligent and has a scholarship to Braselton Preparatory Academy. His father died when he was 11, and he is raised by his mother. He is accepted to Yale.
This character gives up on life when he is convicted for petty theft and sentenced to a year in juvie when a white boy who killed his father gets 60 days sentence. He believes that blacks are under a curse. He is accused of killing a police officer.
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Author of Dear Martin
This officer arrests Justyce, a young black man who is trying to help his drunk girlfriend, Melo, get home safely.
This character’s husband died in a car accident when he was drunk, and she has had to raise her son, Justyce, in a bad part of Atlanta. Her son has a scholarship to attend Braselton Preparatory Academy.
This character is a teacher at Braselton Preparatory Academy. He teaches a popular class called Societal Evolution. He is half black and has experienced his own brushes with racial inequality.
Martel, Trey, and Brad are members of this.
This character is a black high school student at Braselton Preparatory Academy. His mother is a psychologist, and his father is the vice president of a financial company. He has grown up with mostly white, wealthy kids.