Understanding Freedom Summer

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantee?

• Equal pay for all workers

• Equal public facility enjoyment regardless of race

• Free college education for all

• Voting rights for every citizen over 18

What was the main goal of the Freedom Summer movement?

• To close segregated businesses

• To integrate public schools

• To end racial violence

• To register black Americans to vote

How did the narrator feel about the segregation they observed?

• Indifferent

• Confused

• Angry and motivated to change it

• Happy

What was the reaction of the town to the Civil Rights Act?

• Celebration in the streets

• Immediate integration of all facilities

• Closure of public facilities like the pool

• Building new facilities for everyone

Why didn't John Henry swim in the town pool?

• The pool was too far from his home

• He preferred swimming in the creek

• He didn't know how to swim

• He was not allowed because of his race

What did John Henry and the narrator do in the creek?

• Looked for frogs

• Built a dam and swam

• Sailed boats

• Fished for catfish

What did the narrator's father say about the town pool reopening?

• It was open to everyone regardless of color

• It would never reopen

• It was closed for repairs

• Only children could swim there

What did the narrator and John Henry find at the town pool?

• A sign welcoming everyone

• It was filled with tar

• It was filled with water and open to all

• A new diving board

What did the narrator dream of doing with John Henry?

• Swimming in the town pool together

• All of the above

• Going to school together

• Riding bikes around town

What did the narrator and John Henry decide to do after seeing the pool filled with tar?

• Tell their parents

• Go back to swimming in the creek

• Protest to the town mayor

• Build their own pool