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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. According to Anderson, quality education can do what for people?

2. What powerful force did Blacks use to expose to the world how they have been treated?

3. In 1949, what governor proposed an amendment that would send money to private white schools and get rid of public schools?

4. Beginning in 1956, Southern states passed a series of law banning what organizing from operating within its borders?

5. The objective of the White Citizens Council that sprang up throughout the South was to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the history of discriminatory practices in regards to African Americans and the vote prior to the Voting Rights Act?

2. When did Brown v. Board of Education pass? What did it declare? What prominent attorney backed this legislation and why?

3. How did Nixon and others during his presidency try to redefine racism?

4. In what ways did those who disagreed with Brown try to crush it?

5. What Russian event sparked Americans to reevaluate their education system? Who was President at this time and how did he react?

6. Describe The Gray Commission Plan.

7. How did communism become intertwined with school integration and Brown?

8. After Brown, how did some Southern states attempt to weaken the NAACP’s impact?

9. What was the civil rights movement?

10. In what ways does Anderson say the new drug laws under Reagan disproportionately impact African Americans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anderson discusses several moments in our history when the issue of federal versus state power was at hand. This is particularly relevant in Chapter 3: Burning Brown to the Ground. What are your thoughts on this? How has this separation of power affected African American’s equality?

Essay Topic 2

What was your knowledge of Black History prior to reading this book? What new knowledge did you gain after reading?

Essay Topic 3

The rights of Black Americans in regards to education has been a struggle since slavery. Describe the history of this issue as outlined in the book White Rage. Do you feel that there are people who feel it benefits them to keep Black Americans from receiving equal education? How and why?

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