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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the LA police try to incite conflict after Martin Luther King's assassination?

2. What did Franklin Alexander do after Gregory Clark's murder?

3. What was Franklin Alexander's response when the verdict was read?

4. In what way did Angela Davis identify with the Black Power movement?

5. What did Angela Davis learn on March 27 when the jury recessed for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Angela Davis say in her opening statement to the jury?

2. What was Angela Davis's relationship with the Communist Party?

3. What did Angela Davis and her legal team learn about the Soledad Brothers during her trial?

4. What was Angela Davis's philosophy for winning race equality?

5. What happened that allowed Angela Davis to be set free on bail?

6. What were the three charges against Angela Davis, and what were the three verdicts?

7. What was the relationship between different black liberation organizations when Angela Davis returned to California?

8. What was Angela Davis's relationship with her co-defendant, Ruchell Magee?

9. What strategy did the police take in opposing the black liberation movements?

10. What caused the change in venue for Angela Davis's trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Angela Davis's life evidence of the dictum her teachers told her in school, that if you work hard you will get ahead?

Essay Topic 2

Research the rest of Davis's life after the period covered in the memoir. How was she consistent with her early self? Was she ever inconsistent with herself? How did she change and grow over the course of her life? How did she remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

What were the primary reasons for resistance to the Civil Rights movement in America? Who were the primary parties resisting the integration of blacks into equal treatment in society? What were these people's fears, and what did they stand to lose by integration?

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