1. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 9 per cent.
(b) 13 per cent.
(c) 4 per cent.
(d) 10 per cent.

2. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?
(a) 350.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

3. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 15.
(b) Room 40.
(c) Room 20.
(d) Room 30.

4. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Rosa Parks.

5. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Window cleaners.
(c) Custodians.
(d) Lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?

2. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

3. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?

4. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

5. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

(see the answer key)

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