Honoring King by ReadWorks.org

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Article: Honoring King
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Questions

1. What is a "day on" instead of a "day off" for Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
2. What does a "day on" mean to you?
3. When did Martin Luther King Jr. live?
4. What are civil rights?
5. What does the author mean by "the South was segregated"?
6. On the second paragraph, what four things were black people not allowed as white people?
7. What did King do in the 1950s and 1960s?
8. What was the name of the famous boycott in 1955?
9. Why was that 1995 boycott famous?
10. Who ruled that segregation on buses was illegal?
11. When did King deliver his famous, "I have a Dream" speech?
12. How many people were in attendance to hear his speech?
13. Where did King make his speech?
14. What did King's speech say?
15. What do Civil Rights Laws protect?
16. What does it mean "the legacy of a leader"?
17. What was King's legacy?
18. What does this statement "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve" mean to you?
19. When and where was King born?
20. When did King receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
21. When was King assassinated?
22. When was King Day first observed as a national holiday?

Bravery on the Bus by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 10
Date: November 20, 2015
Article: Bravery on the Bus
Author:  Glenn Greenberg
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1. When did Rosa Park board a bus?
2. Where did Rosa Parks board a bus?
3. How long before Rosa Parks boarded a bus was slavery outlawed?
4. In what area in the U.S., were black people and white people not allowed to attend the same school?
5. What else couldn’t black people and white people do in the South?
6. What did Rosa Parks do that she broke the law?
7. Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
8. How did African Americans respond to Rosa Park’s arrest?
9. Who led the effort?
10. For how many days did African Americans refuse to ride buses in Montgomery?
11. What was Montgomery’s bus company’s customer base?
12. What decision was made on December 12, 1956?
13. What Act outlawed racial discrimination in all public places?
14. In what year did Rosa Parks die?
15. Who saw Rosa Parks as a superhero?
16. Who said, Rosa Parks “taught us all to value ourselves and that we were just as good as anyone”?