Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 44 bootstraps 41 humble beginnings 41 meritocracy 40 hardscrabble 40 sharecropper 39 Mark Twain 39 Dickensian 38 everyman 37 creed 37 Langston Hughes 37 sharecroppers 36 socialism 36 idealist 36 mythic 36 hustler 36 Americanism 36 archetype 35 dreamer 35 upward mobility 35 rags 35 liberalism 35 Paul Robeson 35 dropout 35 Harriet Tubman 35 racial prejudice 34 Frederick Douglass 34 Negro 34 romanticized 34 archetypal 34 capitalistic 34 cliché 33 Booker T. Washington 33 Maya Angelou 33 fairy tale 33 barrio 33 overachiever 33 mythical 33 egalitarianism 33 socialistic 33 cliche 33 fatherless 33 fame 33 Abraham Lincoln 32 aspired 32 idealistic 32 Civil Rights Movement 32 Toni Morrison 32 utopian 32 humble 32 silver spoon 32 greatness 32 blue collar 32 quintessential 32 McCarthyism 32 Depression era 32 Duke Ellington 32 Dr. Martin Luther 32 genius 32 lionized 32 philanthropy 31 Martin Luther King 31 bigotry 31 patrician 31 Rhodes Scholar 31 upbringing 31 misfit 31 capitalist 31 Dream 31 exceptionalism 31 capitalism 31 Dreams 31 boyhood 31 Thurgood Marshall 31 immigrant 31 entrepreneurial 31 idolized 30 homespun 30 socialist 30 Rev. Martin Luther 30 idealized 30 exemplar 30 elitism 30 poverty 30 dream 30 populism 30 narcissism 30 Milken 30 entrepreneur 30 condescension 30 idealism 30 hillbilly 30 paternalism 30 conservatism 30 SAT scores 30 cowboy 30 pop culture 30 aristocracy 29 millionaire 29 elitist 29 Jesse Jackson 29 nerdy