Characters
This responsible eldest sister takes care of Vonetta and Fern during their trip to Oakland.
Who is Delphine?
Since Cecile doesn’t want the girls in her house, she sends them here during the day.
What is the Black Panther summer camp?
The three sisters travel from this city to Oakland, California.
What is Brooklyn, New York?
Cecile is involved with this movement, which fights for Black rights in the 1960s.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Delphine wished she had more time to herself to soak in the bath.
What is character vs. self?
She is the girls’ estranged mother who left them when they were young.
Who is Cecile (Nzila)?
The Ankton girls made fun of Fern for carrying this item.
Who is Miss Patty Cake?
Instead of Cecile cooking for the girls, she sends the girls to get takeout from a restaurant.
What is Mean Lady Mings? (Chinese restaurant)
The girls go to this place every morning to eat.
What is the free breakfast program?
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What is the Black Panthers community center?
Crazy Kelvin questioning Fern about her doll and identity is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. character?
The youngest of the three sisters, she refuses to go anywhere without her doll, Miss Patty Cake.
Who is Fern?
Cecile refuses to call Fern by her given name, instead, she refers to Fern by a different name throughout their time together in Oakland.
What is "Little Girl"?
The sisters get excited thinking they’ll go here, but it turns out Cecile had no plans to take them.
What is Disneyland?
Cecile prints these types of materials for the Black Panthers using her printing press.
What are flyers, posters, and pamphlets?
The wind made the airplane trip to Oakland, California, a bumpy and unsettling ride. What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. nature?
Believes the girls SHOULD go to Oakland, California to see their mother.
Who is Pa?
Was the youngest member of the Black Panther Party. He was shot and killed by the police in 1968, even though he surrendered to them unarmed.
Who is Lil Bobby? (Bobby Hutton)
The city where the Black Panther party was founded. Also, the city where the girls spend their summer.
What is Oakland, California?
This Black Panther member at the summer camp teaches the children about civics and the Black Panther's movement.
Who is Sister Mukumbu?
Big Ma does not forgive Cecile for abandoning the girls, and Cecile does not want forgiveness.
What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. character?
His father was an activist and was arrested in his own home.
Who is Hirohito?
After Delphine told Sister Mulumbu she would not be attending the program anymore, she realized she had to take back her words after Cecile made her and the girls return. (This phrase or idiom is used to show Delphine's mistake.)
What is eating crow?
An event Delphine did not want to participate in because she believed it was too dangerous for her and her sisters to attend.
What is the rally for Bobby Hutton?
This document outlined the beliefs, needs, and demands of the Black Panther Party, with each point expressing a goal or demand from the Black Panthers.
What is the Black Panthers Party's Ten Point Program?
The Black Panthers fight against the systemic racism and injustice they face from the police and the government.
What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. society?