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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 church leaders in 1950s Georgia propose to "Keep Kirkwood White" (145)?

2. Why did lynch mobs in Jim Crow regions often target Black preachers?

3. What was the term for the bloody racial conflict that gripped the South during 1919?

4. According to Tisby, in what organization did MLK start his activist career?

5. What was the term for the system of laws and customs used to control Black people after the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Freedom Riders?

2. How did many white moderates in the 1960s believe that racism should be addressed?

3. According to Tisby, what impact did the inaction of white moderate Christians have on the civil rights movement?

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

5. According to Tisby, what were some of the "radical" messages Martin Luther King, Jr. supported?

6. What is the "social gospel," as outlined in Chapter 7?

7. In Chapter 5, Tisby argues that slavery was both a religious and civil issue. How was slavery a religious issue?

8. What was the outcome of Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka?

9. What were "sundown towns"?

10. According to Tisby, what is the primary difference between biblical slavery and chattel slavery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Color of Comprise includes many vivid descriptions of historical events. Choose one event that stood out to you. Write an essay exploring how Tisby uses descriptive language to bring his writing to life.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring racial justice within local religious or spiritual communities. In your opinion, do your local communities promote equality and fight racism? Analyze Tisby's recommendations for racial reconciliation. Determine which (if any) your community practices.

Essay Topic 3

Some white Christian groups have been resistant to join the Black Lives Matter movement. What can activists do to promote change within racially segregated religious communities? Write an essay exploring Tisby's recommendations and how they can be effectively implemented.

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