Why We Can't Wait Quiz

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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1.

Jesse Jackson feels that no child should do what without having read this book? (from Afterword)

Say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sing the National Anthem.

Graduate from high school.

Apply to college.

2.

Who was MLK's executive assistant? (from Bull Connor's Birmingham)

Albert Boutwell.

Tom King.

Wyatt Tee Walker.

Fred Shuttlesworth.

3.

What is the dream that came true for MLK that he mentions at the end of "Black and White Together"? (from Black and White Together)

The city of Birmingham wanted to take down their Jim Crow signs.

That Bull Connor resigned peacefully from office.

The city of Birmingham discovered a conscience.

Bull Connor discovered that he had been overreacting about the Negro community.

4.

What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory? (from New Day in Birmingham)

"Mayor for Birmingham is Elected."

"Bull Connor Revisits Birmingham."

"Our Hope is Here in Birmingham."

"New Day Dawns for Birmingham."

5.

MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience? (from Letter from Birmingham Jail)

Aristotle.

Plato.

Socrates.

Archelaus.

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