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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. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

2. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

3. From where did Martin Luther King, Jr. derive the expression the "American Dream"?

4. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?

5. Who did Malcolm X claim the "real criminal" was in his address in Harlem on August 10, 1963?

Short Essay Questions

1. What meaning did the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. have on the black freedom movement?

2. What were the problems associated with Du Bois' theory of "twoness"?

3. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?

4. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

5. Discuss Malcolm's time at school.

6. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?

7. Where and when did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X first meet?

8. According to Cone, what did the black middle class believe in?

9. What metaphor did King use to show the importance of "wholehearted work"?

10. Why did Malcolm state, "While King was having a dream, the rest of us Negros are having a nightmare"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both King and Malcolm had a path that they both decided was the best for the black freedom movement. Compare and contrast the different paths that King and Malcolm believed would lead to black freedom.

Essay Topic 2

Based upon the facts that Cone presented, do you think that racism today is different from racism from the time of King and Malcolm? How? What are the similarities?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the different influences that religion had on both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. How did religion affect both men? What influence did their religious background have on their lives and their movements?

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