Compare the interview "On the Front Lines with Thurgood Marshall" with the informational piece "'Equal Justice Under Law': Thurg
ood Marshall".
What key information is expanded on in the interview that is not deeply explored in the informational piece?
The interview includes Marshall's own struggle to get into law school which fueled his sense of injustice.
The interview provides a more detailed account of the Supreme Court's opinion on Brown v. Board of Education.
The interview mentioned more about the opposition Marshall faced in the African American community.
The interview gives more specific examples of how segregation in education is inherently unequal and unfair.
Which excerpt from the passage “Equal Justice Under Law: Thurgood Marshall” most effectively illustrates Marshall’s view that segregation was unconstitutional?
“…while Marshall earned high grades in college, the all-white law school of the University of Maryland refused to admit him. (Maryland had no law school for African Americans.)”
Marshall repeated the argument he had made in South Carolina. Segregation hurt black children. There was no reason for it, other than to keep one race up and the other down."
“In 1896, in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court had ruled that segregation was allowed under the Constitution: the facilities for black Americans, the Court said, simply had to be as good as those for whites—'separate but equal.’”
"He wanted to persuade the court that segregation was itself wrong, that the whole idea of “separate but equal” was fundamentally unjust."
Item 3
Which detail from "Mohandas Gandhi: Truth in Action" introduces an obstacle faced by Indians who wanted to win independence from the British?
"The British had been gaining power in India since the mid-1700s, and had officially taken control of India in 1858."
"They spoke different languages, quarreled over religion and social class, and were scattered across the land in cities and tiny villages, long before telephones or the Internet could connect them.
"To win their independence, the Indians would have to overcome their differences and work together to defeat their common adversary."
"Then one day in January 1915, a large crowd of Indians, rich and poor, from the cities and the villages, and from every social class, gathered around a dock in Bombay.
Question 1
Part A
Based on the details in "Mohandas Gandhi: Truth in Action," what inference can be made?
The Indian people undervalue Gandhi.
People are mostly accepting of those who are different.
People must cooperate to make change happen.
Gandhi is most successful using aggressive forms of resistance.
Question 2
Part B
What evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
"To win their independence, the Indians would have to overcome their differences and work together to defeat their common adversary."
"So he reached out to the outcasts of Indian society, the poorest of the poor, called the Untouchables."
"He burned piles of British clothing in front of Indians, and encouraged them to spin their own cloth and grow their own food or buy it from each other, instead of from the British."
"Through his efforts, Untouchables were allowed into temples and invited to participate in Indian assemblies."
