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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. What kind of resources did the use of white, liberal Protestant religion offer to King in regard to the movement?
2. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?
3. What tradition was Black Christianity associated with?
4. In Chapter 5, what did Cone state that King was, rather than a "academic theologian"?
5. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two distinct religious traditions in the African-American community?
2. Where and when did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X first meet?
3. Why did King realize the problem with black's self-respect?
4. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?
5. How are the two distinct religious traditions in African-American communities linked?
6. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?
7. What were the five objectives that King stated led to the redemption of blacks?
8. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?
9. What did the concept of unity mean to Malcolm?
10. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the different representations of both Malcolm and King by the media. How did the media describe both men? How did these representations separate the men in the eyes of Americans?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think that society labeling Malcolm X as the "bad guy" helped King to accomplish what he did in the civil rights movement? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.
Essay Topic 3
The title of Chapter 6 is "White Man's Heaven Is a Black Man's Hell." How did the author's belief and the history that he provided readers with regarding Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. support this ideology?
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