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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. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?

2. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?

3. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?

4. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

5. Dr. King wanted to make sure that advocates of Black Consciousness did not associate racial pride with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why is racial injustice a national, and not a sectional, problem?

2. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," how did the African American's awareness of the struggle for freedom in a worldwide realm help to account for a new sense of dignity?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what two fronts must the African American work on during the period of social change?

5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why should new graduates become dedicated fighters for civil rights?

6. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

7. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?

8. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?

9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

10. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would "this generation" not take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" while serving a sentence for participating in a civil rights demonstration. Discuss the importance of his actual writing from jail. What did this act prove to those involved in the civil rights act? Did this letter help to show his determination or did it hinder his part in the movement?

Essay Topic 2

Martin Luther King, Jr., seemed to speak to the younger African Americans and have them join him in his fight for civil rights. Why do you believe that Dr. King targeted this specific audience? What was the significance of influencing students to take part in the non-violent fight for civil rights?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Black Consciousness Movement. What is the Black Consciousness Movement? What does the movement embody? Where are the necessary dimensions for the movement to succeed?

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