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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 did Darrell Jackson tell Sellers when he announced his campaign in 2005?
2. What does Sellers say Morehouse College was bred on?
3. When did Sellers graduate from Morehouse College?
4. Where are political deals usually struck, according to Sellers?
5. Where did Sellers do a campaign event with Barack Obama in 2007?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sellers think was the start of his struggle with anxiety?
2. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?
3. What reaction did Sellers often have to the hateful speech and messages he received via social media?
4. In Part III, what happened to Sellers at the end of the campaign on a stage in Bamburg County?
5. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?
6. What does Sellers thinks was the cause of his mother's anxiety and depression?
7. Why did Sellers feel so proud on the stage with Obama in Orangeburg in 2007?
8. Why does Sellers feel that knocking on doors is so important during a political campaign?
9. How did Ellen, Sellers's partner, react to his decision to run for lieutenant governor?
10. In Part III, why does Sellers say the Confederate flag continued to fly at the South Carolina state capitol well into the 2000s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did Sellers learn from James Clyburn, the longtime Black congressman from South Carolina, that helped him in his political career? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Sellers explain the cultural, social, and political atmosphere and values he was steeped in growing up in Denmark, South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What role did Cleveland Sellers, Bakari Sellers's father, play in the civil rights movement? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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