A) Peaceful protests were the hallmark of the civil rights movement. B) Many schools were segregated in the 1950's. C) Teenager Barbara Johns led a strike in protest of the awful conditions at her segregated school. D) A teenager from Virginia led a strike that was criticized in some local newspapers.
A) active B) confusing C) moving D) disturbing
A) Barbara's classmates were happy to miss school. B) the strike would definitely fail C) some people did not support the strike D) the journalist interviewed Principal Jones
A) introduce readers to a little known hero of the civil rights movement B) explain why Barbara Johns is not as famous as Rosa Parks C) describe the inferior conditions of black schools in the 1950's D) convince readers that Jim Crow laws were unfair
A) "What Barbara was about to say would change their lives forever" B) "But in the 1950's, challenging whites was dangerous." C) "Yet Barbara was not afraid." D) "A racist policy called segregation had created deep inequality"
A) "After the lawsuit was filed. Barbara received a death threat." B) "Today, Barbara's story is not widely told." C) "Underneath her reserved demeanor was enormous courage- and growing outrage." D) "A gasp rippled across the room as hundreds of students looked up at her..."
A) outraged B) reflective C) courageous D) admiring
A) to show that they were Barbara's exact words B) to suggest that Barbara shouted her speech C) to emphasize the main points of Barbara's speech D) to highlight how alone Barbara felt on that stage
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