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What simile does the narrator use in "A White Girl Looks at Race" when describing her neighborhood.

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What simile does the narrator use in "A White Girl Looks at Race" when describing her neighborhood.

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An eclipse

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Blacks marching and being beaten in Selma, Alabama

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Lyndon B. Johnson made his "We Shall Overcome" speech after this event.

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The Harlem Renaissance

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The mid-1930s became known as this.

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South-Central Texas

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Lyndon B Johnson's birthplace

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1912

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The year "America" was written.

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The Viceroys and the Dragons

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The other 2 gangs besides the Young Lords in "The Evolution of Sonia Manzano."

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A pun

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What is at the beginning of Langston Hughes "I, Too" poem?

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Where does Evelyn's mom want to move to?

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The Bronx

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la esperanza de un probe

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translated: as sad as the hope of a poor person

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English sonnet

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The literary form of "America".

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Democrats or Republicans

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Fill in the blank: "And we are met here tonight not as __________________" (Johnson)

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Blues music

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The music that can be heard in Langston Hughes' poetry.

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metaphor

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"Stealing my bread of life" is an example of what literary device?

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1963

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What year did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "I Have a Dream Speech"?

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Not Without Laughter

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The novel for which Langston Hughes won the Harmon gold medal for literature.

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For how long did the young lords take over the church

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11 days

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the Ponce Massacre

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the event in the newspaper clipping Abuela has

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Walter Jekyll

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Claude McKay's mentor

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The Young Lords

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The name of the main gang in el Barrio.

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10

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The number of stitches Evelyn gets

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Sonia Manzano

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Who wrote The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano?

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The church where the Young Lords set up their free breakfast program

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First Methodist church

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African Americans

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Who does Johnson claim is still not equal even after a century has passed since equality was promised?

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Using the plural pronoun "we"

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How does Chavez establish a connection with his audience?

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Rosa Maria Evelyn del Carmen Serrano

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What is Evelyn's full name?

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To show that through the book she is changing or evolving emotionally.

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In the title "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano", why is 'evolution' in the world 'revolution' emphasized?

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Oxymoron

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'Cultured Hell' is what type of literary term?

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1926

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The year "I, Too" was written by Langston Hughes.

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tapar el cielo con la mano

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translated: to cover the sky with their hand

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