A) Peaceful protests were the hallmark of the civil rights movement.
B) Teenager Barbara Johns led a strike in protest of the awful conditions at her segregated school.
C) A teenager from Virginia led a strike that was criticized in some local newspapers.
D) Many schools were segregated in the 1950's.

A) moving
B) active
C) disturbing
D) confusing

A) Barbara's classmates were happy to miss school.
B) the strike would definitely fail
C) the journalist interviewed Principal Jones
D) some people did not support the strike

A) convince readers that Jim Crow laws were unfair
B) explain why Barbara Johns is not as famous as Rosa Parks
C) introduce readers to a little known hero of the civil rights movement
D) describe the inferior conditions of black schools in the 1950's

A) "But in the 1950's, challenging whites was dangerous."
B) "A racist policy called segregation had created deep inequality"
C) "What Barbara was about to say would change their lives forever"
D) "Yet Barbara was not afraid."

A) "Underneath her reserved demeanor was enormous courage- and growing outrage."
B) "Today, Barbara's story is not widely told."
C) "A gasp rippled across the room as hundreds of students looked up at her..."
D) "After the lawsuit was filed. Barbara received a death threat."

A) courageous
B) outraged
C) reflective
D) admiring

A) to emphasize the main points of Barbara's speech
B) to suggest that Barbara shouted her speech
C) to highlight how alone Barbara felt on that stage
D) to show that they were Barbara's exact words