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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. Dr. King wanted to make sure that advocates of Black Consciousness did not associate racial pride with what?

2. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?

3. At what "Anniversary Conference" of the NUL did Dr. King deliver a speech?

4. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?

5. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would "this generation" not take?

2. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the successful precedents that showed that civil rights could be obtained peacefully?

4. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did King describe as "the face of the future"?

5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

6. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?

7. What were the reasons that King's trip to India kept getting put off?

8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?

9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what would it take for the "master race" to civilize African Americans "to a degree"?

10. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King asked a student (from Chapter 9: "The Time For Freedom Has Come") to find a quotation that expressed his feelings regard the African American struggle. This was the quote:

"I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see,

I sought my God, but he eluded me,

I sought my brother, and I found all three."

Describe how this student's quote reveals the effort behind the Civil Rights Movement. What does the quote mean? How does it speak to the movement itself? How does the quote embody a movement that requires solidarity?

Essay Topic 2

The "Freedom Movement" included many "ins." Discuss the "ins" used in the "Freedom Movement." What was the importance of the "ins" from the "Freedom Movement"? What purpose did the "ins" serve? What did the "ins" prove? What was the effectiveness of the "ins"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and their association with the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. How did each action affect the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?

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