Literature of Civil Rights 2

What is one of the most important messages of “Traveling”?

• Children are born innocent, and it is innocence that saves them.

• It takes courage to stand against prejudice, but it is the right thing to do.

• Even though we think there has been progress, society has failed to end segregation.

• No matter how close children and mothers are, there are stories that mothers never tell.

According to “Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” what is the most important fact that should cause people to remember and honor Dr. King?

• He followed the teachings of both Gandhi and Christ. 

• He worked to make a dramatic change in a flawed society.

• He was a motivating preacher and leader of his church.

• He protested not only to help workers but to end a war.

Why did Margaret Walker most likely write the poem “For My People”?

• She wrote the poem to mourn the tragic lives of everyday African Americans.

•  She wrote the poem to celebrate the complex lives and potential of African Americans.

• She wrote the poem to justify the joy in the lives of African Americans.

• She wrote the poem to explain the origin of the blues and other songs of African Americans.

 In “Incident,” what did the speaker’s family do when the men dressed in white came?

• They watched from behind drawn shades. 

• They called the police to come.

• They went to a neighbor's house.

• They confronted the men on the lawn.

After telling the story, why does the speaker in “Incident” say “nothing really happened”?

• The men did not physically hurt anyone; they burned the cross and went away.

• The men were having a celebration; they did not mean to frighten anyone.

• The men looked at the cross and left; they did not cause any damage.

• The men put out the fire; the house was not in danger from the fire.