What did white people do to the students sitting at the lunch counter? How did the young black people react? (page 54)
The white people would not serve the young black people and called them bad names. The black people pretended they did not hear, they just sat quietly.
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Why did Martin become a minister? Find a quote to support your answer. (page 19)
"People listened when a minister spoke. Maybe as a minister he could do more to help black people."
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According to his speech, what was MLK Jr.’s dream? (p71) Answer in a complete sentence.
MLK's dream is that all people, no matter their race, would be able to live and play together.
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What did Stokely Carmichael and the new Civil Rights leaders believe was the best way for black people to get the rights that they deserved? (p87)
They thought the best way for black people to get rights was violence.
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Complete the sentence. (page 9) Martin’s neighbor told him not to play with her sons anymore because...
Martin was black and the neighbors children were white.
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Why did 650 people march from Selma to Montgomery? Answer in a complete sentence. (page 80)
People marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights.
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How did the sit-ins change restaurants across the South? Use a quote to support your answer (hint: p56).
"And at last some of the Jim Crow stores gave up. They agreed to let black people eat at their lunch counters."
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What are 2 of the changes that would have made Martin smile? (p103)
Black and white families living together, many black people in the US government, etc.
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How did Martin and Coretta know the boycott worked? Use a quote from the text to support your answer. (page 36)
"Another empty bus drove by. And then another. The boycott was working!"
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What is a “freedom ride?” (p57) Answer in a complete sentence.
A freedom ride is a sit in on an interstate bus.
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. The text says, “It was not an angry crowd.” Explain this quote. (71)
The people were protesting peacefully.
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Black people in Montgomery planned to boycott the buses. What does it mean to boycott?
Boycott means that black people would stop riding the busses.
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When and where was MLK jr. born? Answer in a complete sentence.
King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.