Quiz 3.

• Position: Brief Article

Use with History, pages 20-21. Short answer.

1. Identify any of the games that Birmingham city laws segregated by race in 1963. --

2. What tactic did civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. employ to call attention to racial segregation in Birmingham? --

3. Why was the 16th Street Baptist Church a special target of segregationist bombers? --

4. The director of which U.S. government agency blocked efforts to prosecute the Birmingham bombers? --

5. Which government finally picked up the bombing case and began prosecuting the accused? --

6. What legal action is convicted bomber Thomas Blanton Jr. taking? --

   Critical Thinking: Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

7. Suppose you are a juror deciding a lawsuit. Relatives of the girls who died in the bombing are suing Birmingham because they allege that the city's tolerance of racist violence encouraged the bombers. Would you side with the relatives?

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   Upfront Quiz 3, TE 7

1. cards, dice, dominoes, checkers, baseball, softball, football, or basketball. 2. He led a civil rights march. 3. It was a central organizing point for civil rights protesters. 4. the FBI. 5. Alabama state government. 6. He's appealing his conviction.

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