Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.What they cooked up was a scheme to intensify pressure on the city by increasing both the number of demonstrations and the number of demonstrators. While watching one of these events, Audrey saw an incident that shocked her. "I was standing on the steps of the Sixteenth Street [Baptist] Church, watching an elderly black man walking in the park across the street with other people, two-by-two," she remembered. "A policeman allowed a dog to attack that man—[just] because he was walking. It was unbelievable."At that moment, nine-year-old Audrey made a decision. She would no longer just attend meetings. Somehow, she would act on her own.What makes Audrey decide to “act on her own”?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.No one would have blamed Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks if they had decided to keep quiet about civil rights following the bombing of their friend's home. But Audrey's parents weren't intimidated. The very next day, her father and about fifteen other blacks sat down in the front section of a bus, where only whites were permitted. When the driver demanded they move to the back, Audrey's father politely refused, saying "We [are] comfortable where we are sitting." As a result, Mr. Hendricks was arrested and spent six nights in jail. When he was released, he volunteered to guard the Shuttlesworths’ home.Which of Mr. Hendricks’s character traits is best expressed in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job."I want to go to jail," Audrey had told her mother.Which best describes the point(s) of view used in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.No one would have blamed Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks if they had decided to keep quiet about civil rights following the bombing of their friend's home. But Audrey's parents weren't intimidated. The very next day, her father and about fifteen other blacks sat down in the front section of a bus, where only whites were permitted. When the driver demanded they move to the back, Audrey's father politely refused, saying "We [are] comfortable where we are sitting." As a result, Mr. Hendricks was arrested and spent six nights in jail. When he was released, he volunteered to guard the Shuttlesworths’ home.Why do Mr. Hendricks and others sit in a section of the bus where they are not permitted?
Why does Audrey’s third-grade teacher become emotional when Audrey tells her of her plans to march in We’ve Got a Job?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.Despite such dangers, ACMHR held mass meetings every Monday night in churches around town. And every Monday night from June 1956 to April 1963, Audrey attended with her family and as many as six hundred other people.Which point of view is used in this excerpt?
Why does Audrey’s mother ask civil rights supporters in the North to send clothes and toys to Birmingham in We’ve Got a Job?
According to We’ve Got a Job, why do students at Miles organize a Selective Buying Campaign?
Which excerpt from We’ve Got a Job expresses the author’s viewpoint about segregation in Birmingham?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.At that moment, nine-year-old Audrey made a decision. She would no longer just attend meetings. Somehow, she would act on her own.Which of Audrey’s character traits is best highlighted in this excerpt?
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