Ch. 1-2
What happened to Claudette when she touched the white boy's hand?
Her mother slapped her
What was Jeremiah Reeves charged with when he was arrested?
Raping a white housewife
Jo Ann Robinson was an active member of what organization?
WPC
Women's Political Council
Who was the "other Negro woman"?
Rosa Parks
Who is W.A. "Tacky" Gayle?
The Mayor of Montgomery
What was the name of the country town that Claudette grew up in?
Pine Level
T or F: The NAACP consisted of both African American and White people in New York City in 1909?
True
List one of the changes for the bus rules prosed by Jo Ann Robinson and the WPC.
1. A new seating plan that would let blacks sit back to front and whites sit front to back, on the busses.
2. An end to making blacks pay their fares at the front of the bus but then get off and reenter through the rear door.
3. Drivers must stop at every corner in black neighborhoods, as they did in white neighborhoods.
What was the main word used to describe Claudette, as compared to Rosa Parks?
emotional
Who did Charles Langford say was the "star witness" in the case?
Claudette Colvin
What did Delphine die of?
Polio
If Claudette sat down in the same row as a white person, what would that mean?
She was just as good as white people
Why did Fred Gray want to study law in the North?
So he could return home, and "destroy everything segregated I could find." (46)
What two days of the week were mass meetings held at black churches to keep the momentum going for the boycott and to collect donations?
Tuesday and Thursday nights
What 2 things were Walter Knabe and the city were trying to get Claudette and the other plaintiffs to admit/show?
1. To try to get witnesses tos ay that the black community had not objected to segregated bus seating before the boycott.
2. To show that Dr. King had caused all the trouble.
What type of show starred white performers who smeared burnt cork on their faces and ridiculed African American life?
Minstrel Shows
Who did Claudette admire the most?
Harriet Tubman
Why did what happened to Emmett Till have a more chilling message/warning to Claudette?
Because he was the same age as her.
What was the MIA's main job?
Design the car pool, put it in place, and pay for it
How many people were indicted (formally accused of a crime) for violating a law banning boycotts "without just or legal cause".
100 Black people
On November 23, 1906, Montgomery became the first city in the United States to do what?
BONUS QUESTION (50 pts.)
The first city to totally segregate public transportation
Who said the following quote?
"I think you just brought the revolution to Montgomery." (37)
*BONUS QUESTION (50 pts)
Rev. H.H. Johnson
What was the name of the teenager that refused to give up her seat, following Claudette?
BONUS QUESTION (50 pts)
Mary Louise Smith
How was "separate but equal" a sham?
BONUS QUESTION (50 pts)
The facilities, schools, parks, hotels, restaurants, and sections of busses and trains were not equal in any way
How many Judges were present in the Browder v. Gayle case?
*BONUS QUESTION (50 pts)
3