Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice On Task Questions Chapters 1-3

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1 Name: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice On Task Questions Chapters 1-3 1) Claudette Colvin had a difficult childhood. List 5 facts about her childhood that made it difficult. a) b) c) d) e) 2) Jim Crow laws were popular during Claudette s childhood. What were 3 Jim Crow laws Claudette was expected to obey? a) b) c) 3) Why is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka considered a landmark case?

2 4) What are some of the losses that Claudette experienced in her life? 5) How do you think these losses (question #4) shaped her as a person? 6) As Claudette entered high school, how did her physical appearance, where she lived, and the loss of her sister work against her? 7) What event in high school got Claudette out of her slump?

3 Name: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice On-Task Questions Chapters 4-6 1) What happened to Claudette on her way home from school one day? 2) Why was she taken to jail? 3) How did her mother learn about Claudette being in jail? 4) How did Claudette s neighbors and friends feel about what she did? How do we know this? 5) Was Claudette trying to make a political statement when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?

4 6) Why did Claudette refuse to give up her seat on the bus? 7) How was she treated BOTH while being arrested and when she arrived at the police station? 7) Who was Jo Ann Robinson and why was she significant to Claudette Colvin? 8) What are the three rules that Robinson asked the mayor of Montgomery to initiate? a) b) c) 9) What would happen if all the Black people stopped riding the bus?

5 10) How did the students at Booker T. Washington feel about Claudette s arrest? 11) What was Claudette afraid might happen when she went to court? 12) Who did Claudette s family tell her she needed to contact? Why? 13 What two things did Nixon do that were helpful to Claudette and the Black community? 14) What changes occurred due to the committee meeting? What was the one thing that did not change?

6 15) Who did Mr. Nixon ask to encourage Claudette to join the NAACP? 16) How was Rosa s perception of Claudette changed when she met her in person? 17) What was done to raise money for Claudette s lawyer? 18) Why did Claudette think that Fred Gray was admirable? 19) What were some of the fears that the family would have to face if Claudette went ahead with the lawsuit? 20) How did Claudette feel about her court hearing? Why did she feel this way?

7 21) What were the three charges that Claudette faced? a) b) c) 22) What was the outcome of Claudette s court hearing? 23) How did Claudette and many of the spectators react to the judge s ruling? 24) How did the Black community react to Claudette s verdict? 25) Why did the Black community seem to turn on Claudette after the guilty verdict?

8 26) Instead of starting a bus boycott, what did the NAACP assist Claudette in doing? Why did they do this? 27) What did Claudette do to show her rebellion against the charges in which she was accused? 28) How were students made to feel about their African Heritage while Claudette attended school? 29) Claudette s classmates teased her. They were upset with her after her court hearing. Before she was found guilty, people were proud of what she had done. Why did all of this change? 30) Who is Mary Louise Smith and why is she important to this story?

9 Name: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice On Task Activity Chapters 7-8 1) When did the information about boycotting the buses become public? 2) Who was behind making the leaflets available? 3) What was Rosa Parks charged with when arrested? How was this different from Claudette s charges? 4) Although Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on the bus is more well known than Claudette Colvin s, why were both of these events important to the Civil Right Movement? 5) What happened to Claudette that changed things for her?

10 6) What was Claudette s plan after Christmas Break? What happened before she could carry out her plan? 7) What happened on Monday, December 5 th? 8) What was MLK s experience on the bus as a young man? 9) What experience did Claudette feel was worse than learning of her pregnancy? 10) Why did Claudette decide to go back home? 11) Before Montgomery, Alabama had a bus boycott, what other southern city had a boycott two years prior?

11 12) What organization was formed to lead the Montgomery bus boycott? 13) How did the carpooling work? What were the buses? How many stations? 14) What did people who were unable to ride in cars do? 15) What two things did Claudette s father purchase for the family? 16) What happened to Claudette s responsibilities at home during the boycott? 17) How much money per day did the City Lines bus company lose? 18) Name at least four White people who supported the bus boycott.

12 a) b) c) d) 19) Why was Dr. King arrested? 20) What acts of violence did E.D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson experience? 21) What does separate but equal mean? 22) What was Fred Gray s new idea about ending segregated buses?

13 Name: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice On Task Activity Chapters 9-10 Part Two: Playing for Keeps 1) What was Claudette s court date for federal court? 2) How many days had the boycott been going? 3) Prior to the federal trial, what happened in February 1956? Name five people who were arrested and the charges. 4) What was the result of the federal case in which Claudette testified? 5) How did Claudette feel about Fred Gray, Rosa Parks, and Jo Ann Robinson after the federal court date? Why did she feel that way?

14 6) What was Dr. King handed on Tuesday, November 13 th, 1956? 7) What happened on December 20, 1956? How many days had the boycott been happening? 8) Did bus segregation end racial prejudice? What events of violence took place? 9) What happened the night of January 10, 1957? 10) Why was it difficult for Claudette to maintain employment? 11) Why were Dr. King s speeches at the masses so important?