Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson. Audrey talked quietly with her mother and father. As far as she
could tell, she was the youngest child there, and she didn’t know anyone else. "My girlfriend . . . was to demonstrate, too, that day,” she said. "I had expected to see her. But she wasn’t there.” Nevertheless, Audrey said, "I didn’t have any fear.” ***** Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies— Which statement best represents how the march affected Audrey and Wash? Although Audrey was young, she was not afraid, and Wash thought a person must be crazy to not have a fear of the police. Although Wash believed in the Movement, he knew his mind and body could not handle jail, while Audrey knew that she would find her girlfriend there. Neither Audrey nor Wash felt that the Movement was important for the people in the community. Both Wash and Audrey knew that by the end of the day they would be resting in a jail cell with many others.
