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What occupations did Sadie and Bessie have?
Sadie = Teacher Bessie = Dentist
What does emancipation mean?
Name one place the Delany sisters lived.
Raleigh, NC; Harlem; Bronx; Mt. Vernon
The sisters compared their personalities to two foods. What were they?
Sadie = sweet like molasses Bessie = bitter/sour like vinegar
What was the Surrender?
The end of the Civil War.
What does discouraged mean?
To not have courage or confidence
What was lynching?
A way of killing someone; hanging them by the neck.
What was the Delany family motto?
"Your job is to help somebody."
Who was Mr. Millam?
He was Mama's father. Husband of Martha-Louise and the sisters' grandfather.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
An African-American cultural movement with achievement in art, music, literature and politics.
What does agile mean?
Able to move quickly and easily.
How did the Jim Crow laws end?
What does this idiom "to eat crow" mean? Ex: Bessie had to eat crow when God sent her a nice white person.
How did Sadie and Bessie say they lived to such an old age?
They never got married.
Which sister did each?
1. Took Mama on vacations
2. Stayed home to care for her
1. Sadie
2. Bessie
What does prominent mean?
Important and well-known, famous
What was the Great Depression?
An economic crisis in the US and the world causing unemployment and poverty.
What did it mean for a black person to "pass"?
If a black person had light skin, they might "pass" as a white person.
Why did Mama and Papa call each other Mr. and Mrs. Delany?
They were giving each other the respect and dignity they often did not get from white people.
What did Sadie do outside the house in Mt. Vernon that surprised Bessie?
She screamed at a group of boys and made them leave.
What does the word summon mean?
To call on urgently, usually with authority
What happened after the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The law that said black people had to sit in the back of the bus was changed.
What is the name of the author/reporter in Having Our Say?
Amy Hill Hearth