Carlotta's Life
Background Knowledge
Quote Match
Key Vocabulary
Important People
100

Home of the Tigers... Carlotta aspired to attend here in the future.

What is Central High School?

100

What city is the main setting of the novel?

What is Little Rock, Arkansas?

100
"You are a Walls. You must never, ever stoop to the level of ignorance."
Who is: Carlotta's Mother (Juanita)
100

"to set apart or separate"

(Brown v. Board of Education ruled that schools must end this.)

What is "segregate/segregation"?

100

Which famous Civil Rights leader becomes Carlotta's "she-ro."

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

In this city, Carlotta notices a lack of 'colored' drinking fountains, desegregated seating in restaurants and buses, as well as a higher-quality of life for African American citizens.

What is New York.

200

This man was the governor of Arkansas at the time, and ordered the National Guard to keep the Little Rock Nine out of Central High School.

Who is Governor Orville Faubus?

200
"Your education means far more to me than my own desire for comfort."
Who is Carlotta's father.
200

Governor Faubus: It is under the jurisdiction of Arkansas to desegregate schools in which ever manner we see best. What does jurisdiction mean?

What is "the official power to make decisions."

200

Most famous leader of the civil rights movement who also wrote the "I have a dream" speech.

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. 

300

This neighbor of Carlotta's, who was the same age as her, was framed and convicted of bombing her house, and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. 

Who is Herbert Monts?

300

This supreme court ruling ultimately concluded that "segregated facilities, including schools" were inherently unequal and must be desegregated.

What is Brown vs. The Board of Education (of Topeka Kansas)

300
Carlotta describes the following person in this quotation: "But where mother was quiet and soft spoken, ______ was outspoken and opinionated... that was the beginning of my almost daily contact with [her].
Who is Daisy Bates
300

The quality of not knowing something due to youth or inexperience. 

What is "naive"?

300

The 42nd President of the United States. He honors Carlotta with a speech in the prologue of A Mighty Long Way.

Who is Bill Clinton?

400
President of the Arkansas branch of the NAACP, this person served as legal counsel, spokesperson, and personal mentor to Carlotta (and the other members of the Little Rock Nine).

Who is Daisy Bates?

400

A phased response by the Little Rock School board. This plan called for a few students to begin desegregation in a slow manner.

What is the Blossom Plan?

400
"For your own safety, you need to leave the school grounds as soon as classes end. You may not participate in any extracurricular activities-- no varsity sports, clubs, or even Student Government..." Clues: He's the boss of all the school bosses (Not Mr. Cohen) He has a plan named after him.
Who is Superintendent Blossom
400

"to mix or put together"

What is "integrate/integration"?

400

After his brutal death for allegedly whistling at a white women, Carlotta began to see how dangerous racism really was.

Who is Emmitt Till?

500

President whose campaign Carlotta worked for later in her life. 

Who is President Barack Obama?

500

Which famous event becomes Carlotta's first inspiration to take her own stand for racial justice?

What are the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

500
"There is evidence of disorder and threats of disorder which can lead to injury and the doing of harm to persons and property." Clues a. He's explaining why Central High School should not be segregated. b. He's in charge of the state.
Who is Governor Orval Faubus?
500

"the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others"

(Hint: opposite of "superior")

What is "inferior/inferiority"?

500

THIS PERSON ORDERED THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION INTO LITTLE ROCK TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF THE "LITTLE ROCK NINE".

This person ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine."

Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

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