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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. How did white publications like Christianity Today respond to the civil rights movement?

2. What term was used the describe the mixing of different races?

3. Why was it difficult for abolitionists to use the Bible support for their views?

4. What was the term for the mass movement of Black people from the South?

5. Which northern city was chosen as the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sothern Christian Leadership Conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were "sundown towns"?

2. What was Theodore Bilbo's opinion on racial intermixing?

3. According to Tisby, why did many white Christian moderates support a "law and order" (142) approach over the civil rights movement?

4. What was the effect of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC)?

5. What happened in the Watts neighborhood of LA in 1965?

6. Who were the Freedom Riders?

7. How did white churches respond to "white flight' (126)?

8. In Chapter 6, Tisby discusses the "Lost Cause" narrative. How did this narrative view white Southerners living in pre-Civil War communities?

9. Following the Scopes Trial of 1925, what did many white Christians fear?

10. According to Tisby, how did most white Christian moderates responds to the civil rights movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Color of Compromise, Tibsy discusses the myth of "the innocence of the North." Write an essay exploring this myth and why it persists. Why do you think white Christians find it difficult to talk about racism and discrimination in the North?

Essay Topic 2

Tisby defines racism as "prejudice plus power." What does this phrase mean to you? Write an essay exploring the definition of racism and how racism manifests within the American church.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the phrase "Black Lives Matter." Analyze Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors' decision to use this three-word phrase as the cornerstone of their movement. Why do you think this phrase received so much attention from Black citizens? Why did it spark controversy in white communities?

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