A Mighty Long Way - Chapter 2

Jackie Robinson is historically important, because he:

• started a female baseball team

• became the first black player on a white team

• fought for religious integration

• integrated public schools

Who was Emmett Till?

• a classmate of Carlotta's

• Carlotta's husband

• a famous athlete

• a boy who was killed by white vigilantes for whistling at a white

Brown v. the Board of Education was about:

• the inequality of school segregation by race.

• inequality in housing by race.

• integration of sports teams.

• putting students in ability groups.

What field did Carlotta consider pursuing?

• politics

• teaching

• science

• painting

What was important to Philander College alumni?

• making a lot of money

• giving back to the black community

• becoming teachers

• becoming musicians