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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. Why did some Blacks tell Sellers they were nervous about Barack Obama running for president?

2. Who called Sellers in April 2007 while he walked to a law class?

3. What does Sellers think anxiety is grounded in for many Black males?

4. What had Sellers helped to build in Bambery County?

5. What is Sellers's usual reaction to the racist messages he regularly receives on social media?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sellers's parents react when he told them he was running for a seat in the state legislature at the age of 21?

2. What does Sellers say is the most important thing in politics when a person is running a campaign?

3. Why were some Black people in South Carolina nervous about the candidacy of Barack Obama for president, according to Sellers?

4. Why does Sellers's mother think he is ultimately angrier about the Orangeburg Massacre than his father?

5. What kinds of tattoos does Sellers have and what do they mean to him?

6. Why did Sellers initially hesitate to endorse Barack Obama for president in 2007?

7. What political risk did Sellers take in 2014?

8. When did Sellers first plot his run for South Carolina's House of Representatives?

9. In Part III, what happened to Sellers at the end of the campaign on a stage in Bamburg County?

10. What is the role of the Church Fish Fry in Southern politics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the lessons Sellers learned from his failed bid for lieutenant governor of South Carolina? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the impact of the 2015 Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina on Sellers and on the Black community at large.

Essay Topic 3

What do tattoos mean to Sellers, and what do some of the tattoos he has symbolize for him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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