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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1989.

2. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 10%.
(b) 63%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 26%.

3. Who was the district attorney that prosecuted the Jena 6 defendants?
(a) Reed Walters.
(b) Carl C. Brigham.
(c) Eleanor Holmes.
(d) Nicholas Wade.

4. When was the term "colorism" coined?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1969.

5. When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the FAMU marching band play for Prince at the Super Bowl?

2. Who said in 1965, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" (26)?

3. When did the author join other protestors in marching down North Broad Street for the freedom of the Jena 6?

4. What are the offspring of the conjoined twins of racism and capitalism that threaten to kill them and all of us off, according to the author in Chapter 12?

5. What was the author diagnosed with in 2018?

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