- Why do you think sit-ins had such a strong effect for the Civil Rights movement? Why was the school closings, as Green asserts, an "embarrassment" to the country? What was the country embarrassed about?
- Here is the Norman Rockwell painting that Green writes about (164):
How do you read this painting? What effect does it have for you as a viewer?
- In an interview on pp. 196-198, Green asks former high school history teacher, Peggy Cave, "How can it be wrong to discuss history?" How would you answer that question? Why does Cave resist "rehashing this thing"?
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