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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. Senator Garland Gray’s Plan would require Virginia to spend how much money for every 1% of private school students?

2. A March 1973 court decision ruled that “there is no fundamental right” to what in the Constitution?

3. What was the name of the group that created recommendations introduced in November 1955 to keep Virginia schools segregated?

4. Nixon’s appointments to what worked to roll back civil rights successes?

5. Profits from cocaine trafficked by the CIA to California was used to arm whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Southern Manifesto, also called the Declaration of Constitutional Principles? How many members of Congress signed it and what was its effect on Brown?

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

3. What was the Black Panther Party? When was it formed and what made it different from the previous methods of the civil rights movement?

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

5. What events led to the Civil Rights Act?

6. Which ruling demanded that Brown must be obeyed? What did states do subsequently to avoid integrating?

7. Describe the event that led to the Voting Rights Act.

8. What was the National Defense of Education Act? Why was it written? Name a key player involved in its implementation. Did this person believe in equal education for all?

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

10. What was the civil rights movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief summary of the time period each chapter covers. Why did Anderson choose these moments for this book?

Essay Topic 2

Anderson describes many instances of racial discrimination against Blacks throughout history. Describe a moment in which you were a target of or witness to racial discrimination. How did you react? What would you have done differently? Did reading this book help reimagine how you could have reacted?

Essay Topic 3

One goal of this book is to introduce the read to the history of African American discrimination in the United States. Did Anderson succeed in this goal? How might having this knowledge change the way people act toward one another?

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