2. In 1930, how much money did segregationist Alabama spend for each White student in public schools?
(a) $37.
(b) $56.
(c) $23.
(d) $32.

3. What does the author assert is "the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations" (14) in the Introduction?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Rage.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Denial.

4. From where did the author's maternal grandparents move to New York?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

5. In the presidential election in 2000, how many ballots were invalidated by Florida election officials?
(a) 134,253.
(b) 99,353.
(c) 234,522.
(d) 179,855.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?

2. Who wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea in 1453?

3. What term is defined in Chapter 1 as: "when two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing" (24)?

4. When did Caridad's husband Ralph succumb to metastatic cancer?

5. What was the first African American newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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