A+Tugging+String

** by David T. Greenberg **  1.In the book __A Tugging String__, why is it surprising that Thurgood Marshall selects Jack Greenberg to replace him as director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund when Marshall is appointed to the U. S. Court of Appeals?  * Greenberg is white. p. 6-7  2. In the book __A Tugging String__, who became the first black Supreme Court Justice?  * Thurgood Marshall in 1967 p. 6  3. In the book __A Tugging String__, what kept the Blacks from getting the rights they were granted after the Civil War?  * The Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws p. 13  4. In the book __A Tugging String__, who did many of the Ku Klux Klan members think was a hero?  * Hitler p. 21  5. In the book __A Tugging String__, what court case ruled that all segregated white schools must allow black students? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 p. 22 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">6. In the book __A Tugging String__, what question was Dorothy Milton asked in order to qualify to register to vote in Selma? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * “How many bubbles in a bar of soap?” p. 31 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">7. In the book __A Tugging String__, how much is Dorothy Milton charged to register to vote? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * A $5.00 poll tax p. 32 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">8. In the book __A Tugging String__, who does Dorothy Milton contact when she is unable to register to vote? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta p. 33 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">9. In the book __A Tugging String__, who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Martin Luther King, Jr. p. 33 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">10. In the book __A Tugging String__, what happens to Dorothy Milton’s husband when she tries to register to vote? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He is fired from his job. p. 34 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">11. In the book __A Tugging String__, why does Jack Greenberg say Martin Luther King, Jr.’s policy of nonviolence is good? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> *It will make people take King’s side. p. 40 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">12. In the book __A Tugging String__, who does M. L. King, Jr. imitate in his policy of nonviolence? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Mahatma Gandhi p. 40 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">13. In the book __A Tugging String__, when was the first Selma march scheduled to take place? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * March 7, 1965 p. 47 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">14. In the book __A Tugging String__, what is the first march in Selma remembered as? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Bloody Sunday p. 46 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">15. In the book __A Tugging String__, who said “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever”? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Governor George Wallace of Alabama p. 44 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">16. In the book __A Tugging String__, what were the 200 possemen deputized by Sheriff Clark called? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Squirrel shooters p. 48 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">17. In the book __A Tugging String__, why wasn’t Martin Luther King, Jr. at the first Selma march? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He had the date wrong and couldn’t change his plans. p. 45 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">18. In the book __A Tugging String__, who proposes the 1965 Voting Rights Act? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * President Lyndon Johnson p. 60 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">19. In the book __A Tugging String__, Governor Wallace will not permit a march in Selma. Why is a march so important? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * It will create public pressure to pass the Voting Right Act. p. 65 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">20. In the book __A Tugging String__, who does Jack Greenberg say will overrule Governor Wallace so the march can happen? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Federal Judge Frank Johnson p. 65-66 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">21. In the book __A Tugging String__, what does the Greenberg family find in its mailbox? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> *A copy of __The Thunderbolt__, the Ku Klux Klan newspaper p. 71 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">22. In the book __A Tugging String__, while Jack Greenberg is preparing the case to allow the march in Selma, what happens at the motel where he is staying? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The Ku Klux Klan gathers outside and burns a cross. p. 82-83 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">23. In the book __A Tugging String__, who is J. Edgar Hoover? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The director of the FBI p. 99 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">24. In the book __A Tugging String__, why is the FBI monitoring Martin Luther King, Jr.? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * They think he is a Communist p. 99 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">25. In the book __A Tugging String__, why didn’t J. Edgar Hoover want to help Jack Greenberg? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Greenberg was Jewish, and Hoover thought Jews were Communists. p. 100-101 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">26. In the book __A Tugging String__, what happens when Jack Greenberg leaves the courthouse after pleading the case for the Selma march? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He is shot at by a sniper. p. 111-112 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">27. In the book __A Tugging String__, who is Eugene Taylor? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The sniper who shot at Jack Greenberg. p. 124 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">28. In the book __A Tugging String__, what happens to Judge Johnson when he rules that Martin Luther King, Jr. can march from Selma to Montgomery? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The Ku Klux Klan burns a cross on his lawn and bombs his mother’s house. p. 130 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">29. In the book __A Tugging String__, when did the march from Selma to Montgomery take place? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * March 21 to March 25, 1965 p. 134-139 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">30. In the book __A Tugging String__, when the march reached Montgomery, how many people were taking part in the march? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * 25,000 people p. 139 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">31. In the book __A Tugging String__, how many miles is it from Selma to Montgomery? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * 54 miles p. 135 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">32. In the book __A Tugging String__, how long after the march to Montgomery was the Voting Rights Act passed? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Five months p. 143 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">33. In the book __A Tugging String__, after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, what does Dorothy Milton do when she goes to register? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * She goes to the white registration line rather than the one for blacks. p. 145 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">34. In the book __A Tugging String__, what poem inspires David Greenberg to do what he feels he should do? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * “If” by Rudyard Kipling p. 148 &153 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">35. In the book __A Tugging String__, what does David’s brother Josiah feel he must do because he doesn’t have a choice? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Participate in a peaceful protest against the war in Vietnam p. 156
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