PAIREDREADUprisingSit-inThebySusanParisillustratedbyJudithHuntHistoricalFictionASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyadversity,alliance,confinement,inflicted,reminisce,retrieved,smuggle,spindlyWordCount:2,189Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118574-0MHID:0-02-118574-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhydopeopleformalliances?Prologue.....................................2Chapter1TheLunchCounter...........................3Chapter2Jennifer’sIdea..............................7Chapter3MakingaDifference........................12Afterword..................................15RespondtoReading........................16Uprising..........................17FocusonGenre............................20Sit-inThebySusanParisillustratedbyJudithHuntBeforethe1950s,blackpeopleintheUnitedStatesdidn’thavethesamerightsaswhitepeople.Blackpeopleweren’tallowedtositinthesameplacesaswhitepeopleonpublictransportationandinrestaurants,hotels,andschools.Thispracticeofenforcedseparationofracialgroupsiscalledsegregation.In1955,ablackwomannamedRosaParkswasarrestedinMontgomery,Alabama,whensherefusedtogiveupherseatonabustoawhitepassenger.ThiseventledtoaboycottofthebusesinMontgomerybythousandsofblackpeople.Anorganizationwasformedtoruntheboycott,andDr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.,becameitspresident.Thebusboycottlastedayearandencouragedmanyotherblackpeopletoprotestagainstsegregation.AttemptstochangethelawsonsegregationbecameknownastheCivilRightsMovement.YoungpeoplewereanimportantpartoftheCivilRightsMovement.Theypracticedpeacefulprotests,suchassit-...
