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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Part VII - Part VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Cleveland Sellers pardoned?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1992.

2. What piece of advice did Sellers father give him about arguing with a fool?
(a) Never let anyone make you feel inferior.
(b) Always have a firm retort ready.
(c) Always fight the fights worth fighting.
(d) Do not do it because the people watching cannot tell the difference.

3. Where did Emmett Till's mother publish his funeral pictures?
(a) Ebony Magazine.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) Jet Magazine.
(d) Newsweek Magazine.

4. What did Sellers say he looked like when he started college?
(a) A Q-tip.
(b) A pipe cleaner.
(c) A car.
(d) A bean pole.

5. What were Sellers and his roommates known for during the summer before their junior year of college?
(a) Protesting.
(b) Working very hard.
(c) Getting in trouble with police.
(d) Epic parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older than Sellers is his brother Lumumba?

2. What does Pop think will haunt him for life?

3. What city is Sellers from?

4. Which governor seemed to plot against Cleveland Sellers and other protesters in the late 1960s?

5. How many Black men were killed at the Orangeburg Massacre?

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