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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 nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

2. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?

3. What did the person who called King after a steering committee meeting threaten to do if King did not leave town in three days?

4. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet for the first and only time in their lives?

5. In Chapter 5, what did Cone state that King was, rather than a "academic theologian"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the two distinct religious traditions in African-American communities linked?

3. Why did King realize the problem with black's self-respect?

4. What happened to Malcolm's parents during his youth?

5. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

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

7. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

8. Discuss Malcolm's youth.

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

10. How did Malcolm justify his stand that blacks should not integrate with whites?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based upon the material presented in the book, what do you think were the limitations of both King and Malcolm X? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

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

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?

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