Events
Who was the second girl who refused to give up her bus seat to a white person?
Mary Louise Smith
What is minstrel character's name that is used to refer to segregation laws in the South
Jim Crow
How old was Claudette when she learned not to touch a white person?
4 years old
Who is Ms. Nesbitt?
Claudette's high school teacher
What is the name of Claudette's high school?
Booker T. Washington High School
What is the name of the Chicago teen who was killed in Mississippi?
Emmett Till
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What tragedy affected Claudette and her family when she was 13?
Her sister Delphine died of polio.
Who is Mary Louise Smith?
She is the second Montgomery teen who refused to give up her bus seat for a white person.
Montgomery City Lines.
What was the trial verdict for the men who killed Emmett Till?
Not Guilty
What were black people not allowed to do in an integrated department store?
They were not allowed to try on clothes or hats.
Why didn't Claudette straighten her hair?
Because she was proud of her African heritage
Because she thought her hair was fine just the way it was.
Who is Fred Gray?
Claudette's lawyer
What is the highest court of law in the United States?
Which of Claudette's classmates was falsely accused of attacking a white woman?
Jeremiah Reeves
Why didn't Mary Louise Smith's case go to trial?
Her family paid the fine.
Why did Claudette want her school integrated?
Which pastor made his political debut at the time of Claudette's arrest?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This event was a major strategy for blacks to end segregation in Montgomery, AL and beyond
the bus boycott
Which Supreme Court case said "separate is not equal"?
Brown vs. the Board of Education, Topeka, KS
2 of the 3 charges against Claudette were dropped. Which one remained?
Assaulting a police officer.
Who is Jo Ann Robinson?
A black professor at Alabama State Univ. and the president of the Women's Political Council. (WPC)
What is the WPC?
Women's Political Council