Vocabulary
Laws that separate racial groups
Segregation
Ruby's first grade teacher
Ruby's family was wealthy when they moved to New Orleans
False
Where did MLK give his "I have a dream" speech
Washington D.C.
Who took Ruby to school in first grade?
US Federal Marshals
willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.
Tolerance
Judge who was dedicated to help all Americans get equal rights
J. Skelly Wright
White segregationists stopped protesting after Ruby's first day at William Frantz
False
How many black students went to a white high school in Little Rock, AR in 1957?
Nine
Where did Ruby spend the entire first day at William Frantz School?
The office
Getting rid of laws which separate races
Desegregation
A child psychiatrist who tried to help Ruby and the other students at McDonogh and William Frantz schools.
Dr. Robert Coles
The white students at William Frantz where kept away from Ruby
True
MLK was assassinated outside his hotel in this city in 1968.
Memphis, TN
What were the names of the three black girls that attended McDonogh no. 19?
Leona, Tessie, and Gail
the act of combining racial, religious, or ethnic groups
Integration
Minister who led the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Protesters only threatened black families
False
This woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955
Rosa Parks
What school did Ruby go to for Kindergarten?
Johnson Lockette Elementary School
to abstain from or avoid buying or using a product or service
Boycott
Lawyer for the NAACP who became the first black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
People from around the country sent money and gifts to Ruby's family
True
Supreme court outlaws school segregation during this court case in 1954
Brown vs Board of Education
Louisiana Governor who wanted to keep all the schools segregated
Jimmie H. Davis