Freedom Walkers - Ch. 3 (Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin, Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks, and E.D. Nixon were all a part of the NAACP, which stands for...

• National Association for the Appreciation of Coffee People

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Association for the Advancement of Coexistence

• National Association for the Appreciation of California People

Rosa Parks was an adviser to what organization?

• NAACP Women's Council

• NAACP Youth Council

• NAACP Worker's Council

• NAACP Secretary's Council

What was the first day of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• December 1, 1955

• December 3, 1955

• December 5, 1955

• December 7, 1955

What were the names of the white couple that sent Rosa Parks to Tennessee to attend interracial workshops as well as helped her get out of jail after she refused to get off the bus?

• James and Deborah Durr

• Clifford and Caroline Durr

• Virginia and Clifford Durr

• James and Betty Durr

"They thought so highly of Parks's civic activities that during the summer of 1955..." Here "civics" means...

• a refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change

• To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose

• To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty

• Having to do with citizenship; community minded

Despite there being no public high school for blacks in Montgomery, Rosa Parks received her high school diploma. What are some challenges she faced before completing her diploma at 20?

• Had to drop out of school in 11th grade to take care of her sick grandmother

• cleaned classrooms to pay her way through school

• Had to drop out of school in 6th grade to take care of her sick grandmother

• was married before she graduated

In agreeing to fight against segregated buses with the help of E.D. Nixon and the NAACP, Rosa Parks knew she would face resistance from the white community, including...

• losing her job

• death threats

• being killed

• violence directed at her and her family members

Racially motivated killings were not uncommon in the Jim Crow South.

• True

• False

Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, visiting from Chicago was beaten to death by Klansmen (KKK) for...

• registering African American voters

• allegedly whistling at a white woman

• stealing from a grocery store

• sitting in the white's only section of a bus in Montgomery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

"Emmett Till's murder by white men during the summer of 1955 shocked the nation and helped galvanize the civil rights movement." Here "galvanize" means...

• a refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change

• To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose

• To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty

• Having to do with citizenship; community minded