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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. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

2. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

3. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?

4. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?

5. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?

2. In the second section of Bull Connor's Birmingham, what does MLK state that the one threat to the reign of white supremacy in Birmingham was?

3. What did Marcus Garvey propose to the Negro race, and why was his plan doomed according to MLK?

4. Shortly after the S.C.L.C. convention took place in September of 1962, how were Fred Shuttlesworth's fears justified?

5. In the days of slavery, how was suppression openly, scientifically, and consistently applied to the Negro population?

6. With the number of volunteers increasing after the boycott of Birmingham businesses, what other campaigns were the demonstrators able to accomplish?

7. What does MLK mean when he states that the Negro knew what going to jail meant?

8. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?

9. What kind of doctrine did the Negro ministers preach to their congregations about the fight for racial justice?

10. What did people have to do after they volunteered and walked up front to shake hands with the leaders of the campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of your favorite words that MLK writes? Why did these words appeal to you more than others? What kind of feelings did these words evoke in you as a reader? How do you think MLK was feeling at the time he wrote these particular words? Explain the reason for picking the particular excerpts. How do you think MLK changed as a person during the events of this book? Explain your reasoning by using specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In 1963 the United States was preparing to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Big productions were in the works for this celebration. What were some of the things that MLK mentions in Chapter 1 that the nation was going to do to celebrate this event? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in MLK? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in the Negro population as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

In "Bull Connor's Birmingham," MLK describes what it would be like to be a Negro baby born in Birmingham and brought up in Birmingham. He describes what that child would endure. What are some of the points he brings out about being a Negro child at this time? MLK then goes on to say that this same person would not be able to join a branch of the N.A.A.C.P. Why? How does he describe finding a job as a Negro in Birmingham?

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