Freedom Walkers - Ch. 4 Martin Luther King Jr.

King was 26 years old and a newcomer to Montgomery. He had moved there to be a minister at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Martin Luther King was actually from...

• Trenton, New Jersey

• Cincinnati, Ohio

• Los Angeles, CA

• Atlanta, Georgia

Martin Luther came from a family of eminent southern black preachers and civil rights activists including...

• his grandfather

• his brother

• his father

• his cousin

To help African Americans avoid using the buses E.D. Nixon had called each of Montgomery's black-owned _______________ to ask for help.

• newspapers

• taxi companies

• train companies

• car companies

Found guilty of violating the segregation laws, Parks was given a suspended sentence and fined a total of $________, equal to 140 bus fares.

• $40

• $140

• $100

• $14

Soon after being found of violating Montgomery's segregation laws, Parks lost her job at the Montgomery Fair department store.

• True

• False

When some of the preacher's present balked at the idea of challenging Montgomery's powerful white establishment, E.D. Nixon lit into them. Here "balked" means...

• to hesitate; to feel unwilling or unconvinced

• to recommend; to speak in favor of

• extremely joyful, happy

• a group of social, economic, and political leaders who influence society and form a ruling class

"When some of the preacher's present balked at the idea of challenging Montgomery's powerful white establishment, E.D. Nixon lit into them." Which of the following did say to them?

• "You ministers have lived off the sweat of these washerwomen...and ain't never done nothing for them."

• "I am just ashamed of you"

• "Scolded them for acting like cowards, for backing down like "little boys."

• "I am just proud of you"

Who said, "Brother Nixon, I'm not a coward. I don't want anybody to call me a coward."

• E.D. Nixon

• Clifford Durr

• Marshall Johnson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

King was unanimously (with full agreement) chosen to be the head of the M.I.A by the black leaders of Montgomery, which was an acronym for...

• Montgomery Is Awesome

• Montgomery Insider Association

• Ministers in Action

• Montgomery Improvement Association

In preparation for the mass rally at The Holt Street Baptist Church, King wanted to protest the injustices and inhumanities being inflicted on blacks. Here "injustices" means...

• the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect

• to recommend; to speak in favor of

• the violation of right or of the rights of another; absence of justice

• the quality of not having enough; lack; dearth