King

What is the significance of the anecdote about the Negro cook on pages 19-20?

Black people are capable of fooling whites, since white people are ignorant of the facts of Black life.

White people who are in a state of denial will misunderstand Black people even when Black people straightforwardly tell the truth.

In Birmingham prior to the 1963 nonviolent direct action campaign, Black people were not permitted to shop at Birmingham department stores. True Or False?

False

In Chapter 3 of Why We Can't Wait, King lists three "places of public accommodation" (legal term) that were the only such in Birmingham that were integrated prior to the 1963 nonviolent direct action campaign described in the book.  What are these three places of public accommodation?

The bus station, the train station, and the airport.

Who was the Black minister who lead the local Black civil rights movement in Birmingham prior to the 1963 nonviolent direct action movement described in Why We Can't Wait?

Fred Shuttlesworth

How long was the delay between the April 2, 1963 election of moderate segregationist Mayor Albert Boutwell and the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter initiating the nonviolent direct action campaign described in Why We Can't Wait?

One Day

How did the leaders of the nonviolent direct action campaign maintain a connection with the participants in the movement?

Mass Meetings