'March'
John Lewis grew up on a farm in this U.S. state.
What is Alabama?
Ji-li proudly wears this around her neck to show her loyalty to Mao.
What is the red scarf?
Luis’s parents immigrated from this country.
What is Mexico?
Shyima Hall was born in this country.
What is Egypt?
Trevor’s birth was literally “a crime” because of this law that forbade relationships between races.
What is apartheid?
As a boy, John Lewis practiced preaching to this unusual “congregation.”
The Cultural Revolution was started by this Chinese leader.
Who is Chairman Mao Zedong?
Luis was first arrested after being caught doing this.
What is vandalizing / tagging or being involved in a fight?
Shyima was only this many years old when she was sent to work as a servant.
What is 8 years old?
Trevor jokes that being mixed made him feel like this, “too black to be white and too white to be black.”
What is an outsider?
Lewis was inspired to join the movement after hearing speeches by this civil rights leader.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Ji-li’s father is accused of being this type of “enemy of the people.”
What is a rightist or landlord class?
The first gang Luis joined as a young teen.
What is Las Lomas?
Shyima’s parents made this difficult decision due to extreme poverty.
What is selling her into domestic labor / giving her away to work?
Patricia is described as deeply committed to this religious practice, even attending multiple services every Sunday.
What is going to Church?
Protesters used this strategy to hurt businesses that practiced segregation.
What is a boycott?
Students were told to destroy and denounce these symbols of the past.
What are the Four Olds?
He learns that racism and poverty are not personal failures but part of this larger system.
What is systemic oppression?
The household kept Shyima isolated from these social connections.
What is friends, family, or peers?
Trevor started making money by selling these items at school.
What are pirated CDs?
The first major protest Lewis joined in Nashville targeted these segregated facilities.
What are lunch counters?
Young people who carried out Mao’s orders were part of this revolutionary group.
Who are the Red Guards?
One of Luis’s close friends was killed, showing him how dangerous gang life really was.
Who is Clavo (or another early friend from Las Lomas)?
Shyima dreams of this place where she can be free and safe.
What is her home / village / family?
Trevor’s ability to speak Xhosa helped him feel closer to this side of his family.
What is his Black family?