Workshop 9: The Front Lines of Justice Study Guide
When Martin Luther King, Jr. was riding the bus with his English teacher, he faced
segregation by being forced to (1) ________________________________. He
wanted to fight the segregation, but his teacher told him not to because
(2) _______________________________. After this experience, Martin was
determined to spend his life (3) _______________________________. (p. 238)
4. Who were the Freedom Riders? (p. 240)
______________________________________________________________
5. List three details remembers happening when the Freedom Riders were attacked.
(p. 240- 241)
a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________
When the Freedom Riders were riding together on the bus, the law said that
segregation was (6) _____________________, yet when people saw them they
reacted by (7) _______________________. (p. 240- 241)
8. Why did the older members of the Freedom Riders tell the younger members to
put the bats away? (p. 242)
______________________________________________________________
9. Describe the Birmingham Bombing. (p. 244)
______________________________________________________________
10. Bernita Roberson said she was not angry about what happened in the bombing
because ________________________________________. (p. 244)
11. What did the people warn Towanner would happen if she marched for voting
rights? (p. 246)
______________________________________________________________
12. What was the reaction of employers when Towanner told them she had been to
jail for marching? (p. 247)
______________________________________________________________
In the poem Ballad of Birmingham, the mother did not want to her daughter to
(13) _______________________ because she thought it was too dangerous, so
she told her she could (14) ________________________ instead. (p. 248-249)
Write the definitions for the following terms.
15. fact: __________________________________________________(p. 245)
16. opinion: ________________________________________________(p. 245)
17. irony: _________________________________________________(p. 251)
18. point of view: ___________________________________________(p. 249)
19. rhyme: ________________________________________________(p. 249)
Inferences (p. 239)
To make an inference when you are reading, you need to combine
(20) _________________________________ and
(21) ___________________________________.
22. “A boy cleaned the whole house. He made all the beds. He made dinner for his
parents. Finally, after dinner, he slowly pulled his report card out of his backpack,
winced, and quickly looked away.” What can you infer from this passage?
______________________________________________________________
Noun Endings (p. 252)
For each noun, write the correct plural ending.
23. beach
24. bus
25. guess
26. house
27. wish
Vocabulary
Match each word to its definition.
28. horrify
A. to enroll or sign up for something.
29. register
B. saw something happen.
30. protest
C. to disagree strongly.
31. enforce
D. having the power to change things.
32. influential
E. to do or succeed at something.
33. accomplish
F. to shock or upset.
34. witnessed
G. to make people obey a rule or law.
35. Write a synonym for the word abdicate. ____________________
36. Write a synonym for the word sacred. _____________________
37 Write an antonym for the word massive. ______________________
Write the definitions for the following words.
38. segregation: __________________________________________________
39.federal: _____________________________________________________
40. demonstration: ________________________________________________
41. ballad: ______________________________________________________
Birmingham Questions
42. Who was responsible for blowing up the church?
43. Who did Dr. King blame for the deaths of the girls?
44. How did the city begin to desegregate?
45. What happened to Birmingham’s baseball team?
Workshop 9: The Front Lines of Justice Study Guide Answer Key
1. stand on the bus for a 90 mile drive.
2. he did not want to cause any problems.
3. fighting for equal rights for all people.
4. A group of interracial (mixed-race) people who challenged segregation by riding
on the bus together.
5. a. The police left the scene.
b. The white people’s ambulance would not help the Freedom Riders, even they
were white.
c. Four to five hundred U.S. Marshalls came to protect the Freedom Riders at
the church.
6. illegal
7. attacking the Freedom Riders.
8. Because they knew fighting back would only make the problems worse.
9. A church was bombed, and four African American girls were killed.
10. She was taught not to be angry.
11. That should be sent to jail.
12. They did not mind that she had been in jail for marching because they did not
see it as a crime.
13. go to the march
14. go to the church
15. A statement that can be proven.
16. A statement that tells what someone thinks.
17. The contrast between what is expected and what happens.
18. The perspective from which a story or poem is told.
19. When two or more words have the same ending sound.
20. What you learned from reading
21. What you already know
22. That the boy had a poor grade and was nervous to show his parents.
23. beaches
24. buses
25. guesses
26. houses
27. wishes
28.
28. F
29. A
30. C
31. G
32. D
33. E.
34. B
35. abandon/leave
36. holy
37. small
38. the act of keeping people or groups apart.
39. relating to the central government of a country.
40. an act of protest by a group of people, often a march or rally.
41. a song or poem that tells a story.
42. Ku Klax Klan
43. George Wallace
44. They integrated grocery stores, restaurants, and golf courses
45. they abandoned it