1. During his June 1954 address in Harlem, what did Malcolm claim that the "white man" has brainwashed "us black people" to look upon?
(a) "A white Jesus."
(b) "A blondhaired, blue-eyed Jesus."
(c) "A racist Jesus."
(d) "An idol that the black community could not identify with."

2. What did Malcolm X claim that the "black masses living at the bottom of the social heap" were living?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A social lynching.
(c) A dream.
(d) An everlasting imprisonment.

3. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 365.

4. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 175,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 90,000.

5. In what year did "sit-ins" become an action used by the civil rights movement?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two "great resistance traditions in African-American history" that the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided to the black freedom movement?

2. In what year did Martin Delany write "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of Colored People of the United States"?

3. What did Malcolm claim that white man had done to blacks because of the "satanic nature of the white man"?

4. Who was Malcolm's focus audience when he spoke?

5. How tall was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

(see the answer key)

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