Who was Rosa Parks?

Yona Zeldis McDonough wrote the biography Who was Rosa Parks?

What is a biography?

• a fantasy story

• a fiction story

• a non-fiction book or article written about a person

• a poem

"As she grew older, Rosa began to pity the whites who called her names or threw rocks at her. She wanted to forgive, not hate people who insulted her."

The word pity means-

• feeling sorry for someone

• to feel angry

• to feel happy

• feeling upset

"In the southern United States from 1876 to 1965, Jim Crow laws kept segregation in public facilities. Separation of whites and blacks in public facilities."

What is a synonym of segregation-

• peace

• integration

• keep together

• separation

The head of the school, Alice White, was both strict and loving."

What does the word strict most likely mean?

• ensuring that rules are followed

• able to be trusted

• always happy

• respectful

" The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK as it is known, is a hate group that uses threats and violence blacks and other minorities.

The word minorities means--

• a group of people that makes up a smaller part of a larger group of people

• an experienced person who has been through many battles

• a secret society of white Southerners in the United States

• the Southern army during the American Civil War

"A wealthy planter named Moses Hudson would hire black children to pick and chop cotton."

What is the opposite of wealthy-

• rich

• good

• poor

• mean

"Even so, Rosa did not mistrust all white people. There was an old white woman in Pine Level who used to take her bass fishing."

The prefix - mis helps the reader understand that the word mistrust means-

• to trust

• to believe

• to doubt

• to judge

"There was a white soldier who always patted her on the head whenever he came through town. Even a small gesture like this was unusual."

A synonym of the word unusual is -

• usual

• common

• natural

• uncommon

" Her mother was a teacher and her father was a carpenter.

A carpenter is a person who-

• builds houses

• makes and repairs wooden objects

• preaches

• works on a farm

"Many whites in Montgomery resented Miss White and the other teachers.What business did they have teaching black children?"

The word resented means-

• to be happy

• to like

• to be friends

• to be angry at