St. Augustine's
Who was the home economics teacher?
Mama
When did Bessie and Sadie encounter Jim Crow Laws for the first time?
When they couldn't ride in the front of the trolley to go on a picnic in the park.
How did Sadie get her job as a teacher in a white high school in New York?
She didn't show up for the interview, so they couldn't see that she was black before she took the job.
I'm free!
Papa as a little boy when slavery ended.
He arranged for Mama to meet Eleanor Roosevelt.
Hubert
Who was the headmaster of the school?
Papa
How did Jim Crow Laws prevent racial mixing?
They made it illegal for black and white people to get married.
What was the most surprising thing about New York when the Delany sisters first arrived?
The diverstiy
Who said, "I'm not afraid to let my girls go anywhere. We've taught them right from wrong and if they don't do what's right, there's nothing we can do about it.
Mama when the girls moved to NYC
He became an undertaker.
Sam
Who lived in an abandoned house on the school grounds and worked as a janitor?
Mr. Holloway
What happened to Sadie and Bessie when their teacher tried to buy them a limeade at the drug store counter?
The man behind the counter wouldn't serve them even though he had a black daughter in that town.
He was hurt by the attitudes of people, including his good friend's family, who didn't appreciate his fighting in the war.
Who said, "I am a guest of Mary Watson, and it would be inappropriate for me to be your guest without her.
Bessie when she visited Jamaica, and people were not inviting her friend to parties because she had darker skin.
She was a piano teacher.
Julia
What did Papa make for Mama every time she had a baby?
Egg nog with alcohol
She told a drunk white man to leave her alone in the train station.
Which brother did Bessie share a dental office with?
Hap
I would have made a very good president. That's right! Me!
Bessie
He was born with a disability and died when he was only ten.
Little Hubie
What was the only time that Papa whipped them as children?
The time they wandered off of school property and he was afraid they were going to be molested.
Who did Bessie drive all over North Carolina in Lemuel's car?
Booker T Washington
What was Bessie wrongly accused of doing in dental school?
Stealing other students' instruments
I sure am tired this morning. I was teaching all night in my dreams!
Sadie
He was the first of the Delany siblings to die.
Manross had a heart attack