Rosa Parks:My Story
By: Rosa Parks
Chapters 4 - 6
Vocabulary in Context - Provide definitions and quotes for each term. Define each term as it is used in the context of the book.
1.) Aversion: Strong Dislike
"I had an aversion to white men, with an exception of my grandfather, and Raymond Parks."(p.55)
2.) Integrated: Having to be intergrate
"The base was integrated because President Roosevelt had issued an order forbidding." (page 65)
3.) Condemned: Punished
"I thought it was awful that they were condemned to die for a crime they did not commit."(p.63)
4.) Vouch: Support
"......who said they would vouch for him." (page 72)
5.) Dignified: Noble
"He was a proud, dignified man...." (page 73)
6.) Enforce: Apply
"...and enforce all the other rules of segragration on the buses." (page 77)
7.) Brutality: Brutal
".....,lynching, brutality, ....." (page 80)
8.) Timid: Lack of courage
"...., I was too timid to say no." (Page 81)
9.) Accomplice: partners in a crime
"......and named his accomplices." (page 84)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions in complete sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) Who were the Scottsboro Boys?
>>>>>The Scottsboro Boys were nine boys accused of raping two girls. It took nine-teen years for the nine boys to be proven innocent. The NAACP had help them by raising money for the legal fees, defend them when they were in court, and to get the youngest out of the electric chair.
2.) Look at the photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text?
>>>>>>The photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys was used to show them walking out of court and leading them still being handcuffed. The photo supports the main idea of the text because it shows them walking out of Morgan County Jail out of teh courtroom.
3.) How did President Roosevelt change the law?
>>>>>>President Rooselvelt had changed the law by unallowing segragration in public buses.
4.) Look at the photo on page 82 of Rosa at the Montgomery NAACP. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does itsupport the main idea of the text?
>>>>>>The photo and caption on page 82 a the Montgomery NAACP was used in the book because it shows how many people were in teh NAACP, how many people cared for the blacks, and how many activst there are.
5.) Why did Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus?
>>>>>>Rosa chose to tell the reader about her experience of getting kicked off the bus so we could have a glimpse of how hard it was during those days
6.) Why did the African-American people in the back of the bus want Rosa to do what the bus driver said?
>>>>>> The African - American people in the back of the bus wanted Rosa to do what the driver said because they were tired, they wanted to go home, and they don't want to stand.
7.) Retell one of the examples Rosa gives of white violence against African-Americans.
>>>>>> A women was kidnapped, gun pointed at her head, knife-pointed, stripped of her clothing, and raped by six white men when she was coming home from church. The driver of the kidnapper car already confessed he had done it with the name of the people also kidnapped Taylor but the jury refused to find the men.
8.) How did working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life?
>>>>>>Working as the Secretary of the NAACP affected Rosa's life because it had encouraged her to work harder after the President of the NAACP had always complimented her which had encouraged her.
1.) Aversion: Strong Dislike
"I had an aversion to white men, with an exception of my grandfather, and Raymond Parks."(p.55)
2.) Integrated: Having to be intergrate
"The base was integrated because President Roosevelt had issued an order forbidding." (page 65)
3.) Condemned: Punished
"I thought it was awful that they were condemned to die for a crime they did not commit."(p.63)
4.) Vouch: Support
"......who said they would vouch for him." (page 72)
5.) Dignified: Noble
"He was a proud, dignified man...." (page 73)
6.) Enforce: Apply
"...and enforce all the other rules of segragration on the buses." (page 77)
7.) Brutality: Brutal
".....,lynching, brutality, ....." (page 80)
8.) Timid: Lack of courage
"...., I was too timid to say no." (Page 81)
9.) Accomplice: partners in a crime
"......and named his accomplices." (page 84)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions in complete sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) Who were the Scottsboro Boys?
>>>>>The Scottsboro Boys were nine boys accused of raping two girls. It took nine-teen years for the nine boys to be proven innocent. The NAACP had help them by raising money for the legal fees, defend them when they were in court, and to get the youngest out of the electric chair.
2.) Look at the photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does it support the main idea of the text?
>>>>>>The photo on page 61 of the Scottsboro boys was used to show them walking out of court and leading them still being handcuffed. The photo supports the main idea of the text because it shows them walking out of Morgan County Jail out of teh courtroom.
3.) How did President Roosevelt change the law?
>>>>>>President Rooselvelt had changed the law by unallowing segragration in public buses.
4.) Look at the photo on page 82 of Rosa at the Montgomery NAACP. Why was this photo and caption used in the book? How does itsupport the main idea of the text?
>>>>>>The photo and caption on page 82 a the Montgomery NAACP was used in the book because it shows how many people were in teh NAACP, how many people cared for the blacks, and how many activst there are.
5.) Why did Rosa choose to tell the reader about her experience getting kicked off the bus?
>>>>>>Rosa chose to tell the reader about her experience of getting kicked off the bus so we could have a glimpse of how hard it was during those days
6.) Why did the African-American people in the back of the bus want Rosa to do what the bus driver said?
>>>>>> The African - American people in the back of the bus wanted Rosa to do what the driver said because they were tired, they wanted to go home, and they don't want to stand.
7.) Retell one of the examples Rosa gives of white violence against African-Americans.
>>>>>> A women was kidnapped, gun pointed at her head, knife-pointed, stripped of her clothing, and raped by six white men when she was coming home from church. The driver of the kidnapper car already confessed he had done it with the name of the people also kidnapped Taylor but the jury refused to find the men.
8.) How did working as the secretary of the NAACP affect Rosa's life?
>>>>>>Working as the Secretary of the NAACP affected Rosa's life because it had encouraged her to work harder after the President of the NAACP had always complimented her which had encouraged her.