WOS- PART IV KINDER MISTRESS

WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS 2/20 MEETING

PART IV THE KINDER MISTRESS

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PART IV KINDER MISTRESS

This section of the Book bascially provides the inital impression of our 3 main characters as they have finally migrated to their new destination.

CHICAGO 12TH STREET STATION

Ida Mae Brandon Gladney October 1937

New York Penn Station 4/15/45

This Next Section briefly discusses George Swanson Starling once he gets to New York.

Multiple Choice

What famous building did George Starling see once he got off the train in New York

• Sears Tower

• World Trade Center

• Empire State Building

• Rockefeller Center

Open Ended

Explain what happened that caused George to initially have to stay with a friend when he first got to New York

LOS ANGELES

This Next Section briefly discusses Pershing Foster when he arrived in Los Angeles in April 1953

Open Ended

Explain what motivated Dr. Beck to become a physician

Multiple Choice

What medical school did Dr, Beck teach at?

• Meharry

• Johns Hopkins

• FAMU

• Morehouse

Open Ended

What happened that caused Dr, Becks wife Reatha to ride with him wherever he went?

Open Ended

What was interetesting about Reatha's family background

Multiple Choice

When Dr beck arrived in Los Angeles, he noticed that most of the colored people live on what part of town

• South

• North

• West

• East

Open Ended

List two of the three ways listed in the book that blacks were able to get around covenants that restricted them from purchasing homes into certain white neighborhoods. (page 232)

Open Ended

What happened to the Becks on the day they moved into their home in Los Angeles?

Multiple Choice

What did the Becks ultimatley have to do in order to live in the house that they purchased

• Start a local chapter of the NAACP

• Go to Court and sue

• Start a riot

• Purchase the house next door

Open Ended

At the bottom of page 233, the book talks about the polyglot nature of Los Angeles. What does the word "polyglot" mean. (Look it up and provide the defintion)

Open Ended

Discuss the reasons why not many blacks Migrated to California before and during World War I. What ree some of the challenges that they faced (page 233)

Multiple Choice

What other California City was Pershing Foster going to checkout and see if it was a place that he could live

• Sacremento

• San Francisco

• San Diego

• Oakland

Multiple Choice

What celebrity did Pershing Foster say that he met while he was in Europe

• Denzel Washington

• Sammy Davis Jr.

• Barbara Stanwyck

• Marilyn Monroe

Multiple Choice

What was the name of Pershings friend who showed him around Oakland

• John Dunlap

• Wilber Pew Beulow

• Johnny Warmsley

• Dr. Beck

Open Ended

Discusss why Pershing Foster didn't really like Oakland

THE END