Post Civil War
What did President Lincoln formally issue on January 1, 1863, which declared freedom for all slaves in the Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who is the sketch comedy duo whose frequent references to code-switching are mentioned at the start of the article?
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele
Who is the author of this essay?
James Baldwin
Who is the performance artist and slam poet who wrote "Talking Wrong"?
Patricia Smith
Eatonville is located in
Orange County, Florida
What concept was legally enabled by the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
"Separate but equal"
What news organization launched the team that is named "Code Switch"?
NPR
What newspaper was this essay first printed in?
The New York Times
What Northern city did the mother and others arrive in when they stepped off the Greyhound buses?
Chicago
Which Captain developed the land to create Eatonville?
Josiah Eaton
Who was jailed in 1892 for sitting in the "white" section of a railroad car?
Homer Plessy
The original, narrower definition of "code-switching" arose in this academic field.
Linguistics
The author argues the argument over Black English has nothing to do with language itself, but rather with this.
The role of language
What magazine was this article first published in?
Ms. Magazine
Who was elected the first Mayor?
Tony Taylor
What set of laws allowed states to legally impose punishment for those who crossed racial barriers, such as requiring separate waiting rooms?
Jim Crow
What political figure is shown code-switching when he replies, "nah, we straight" to a cashier at Ben's Chili Bowl?
President Obama
What is the month, day, and year this article was originally published?
July 29, 1979
What Alabama town is the "moist infection" of speech in the mother's throat said to have come from?
Aliceville, AlabamaTo
Many superstitious towns people of Eatonville believed in what or what?
Hoodoo or Conjure
What laws were instilled by individual states after the Civil War to deny black people civil and political rights, including restrictions on land ownership and voting?
Black codes
What famously opaque pop star is used as an example of code-switching, contrasting her public persona with her private one?
Beyoncé
The author states that Black English is the creation of this historical event, when blacks came to the United States from different tribes.
The black diaspora
What is the mother's goal, which she says she wants to achieve before she dies?
To "talk right"Clue
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