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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 wrote Two Nations, Black & White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal?

2. Who wrote the short story collection In Ole Virginia, or Marse Chan and Others in 1887?

3. Who did W. E. B. Du Bois offer as a model for Black leadership?

4. Who was John Brown's grandfather?

5. Who wrote Dark Ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the Black Power movement emerge and what did it hope to achieve?

2. What discussion does the author make regarding The Cosby Show?

3. How had W. E. B. Du Bois' views changed by 1933? Why?

4. What change did Malcolm X experience during his trip to Mecca in 1963?

5. How did the issues of race change after Lincoln's assassination?

6. What is the significance of Jack Johnson historically?

7. How did the question of race in America change after World War II and during the Cold War?

8. What significance does the author place on Tarzan of the Apes?

9. What were the "race-veiled" voting restrictions that emerged in the 1890s in the South (273)?

10. When and where was W. E. B. Du Bois born and raised? What made him unique?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the lives, careers, and activist work of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. How did King and Malcolm X differ in their views and their actions? What similar ideas did they share? How did each man influence and inspire Blacks to seek equality? What were the impacts of their assassinations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the various racist stereotypes that emerged regarding Black Americans during the Enlightenment era. In what ways were Blacks demeaned and exploited? To what means? How did this impact racial thought?

Essay Topic 3

What were the impacts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What backlash came with the act? How did the act influence the Black vote? What powers were given to enforce the act?

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