LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL

What does segregation mean?

• keeping together

• making sure everyone gets along

• keeping separate

• make eveeyone equal

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is not a step in Dr. King's nonviolent campaign?

• negotiation

• collection of facts

• direct action

• disappointment

Why was King in Birmingham?

• he was invited to help fight the segregation there

• he lived there

• he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

• he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How should someone break an unjust law?

• openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

• confidently, aggressively, and unwilling to back down.

• fearfully, timidly, and with a willingness to surrender.

• arrogantly, proudly, and with a willingness to use violence.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who was the Negro's "great stumbling block," according to MLK Jr.?

• Birmingham Police Department

• Ku Klux Klan

• White Citizen's Council

• White Moderate

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...

• ...in some places."

• ...in the south."

• ...everywhere."

• end of sentence.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does MLK believe about breaking the law?

• Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.

• Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.

• If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.

• Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to MLK, what is civil disobedience?

• a struggle between two social groups

• breaking the law in a peaceful manner

• breaking the law with the use of violence

• a struggle between branches of the government

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the definition of the underlined word?

"We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South and Georgia."

• white supremacist

• alienation

• joined in close association

• self-contradiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

King believes that resentment and frustration over racism should be channeled into...

• non-violent direct action.
• violent protest.
• religious belief.
• political discussions.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3