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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Supreme Court case ruled that courts could not enforce Whites-only real estate contracts to keep out migrants and stop housing desegregation?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Shelley v. Kramer.
(d) Row v. Wade.

2. Who came out with the song Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud?
(a) Sammy Davis Jr.
(b) James Brown.
(c) Lenny Henry.
(d) Jimi Hendrix.

3. What approach did Richard Nixon use in his 1968 run for the presidency?
(a) The Confederate Strategy.
(b) The Lame Duck Strategy.
(c) The Southern Strategy.
(d) The Divide and Conquer Strategy.

4. What was Abraham Lincoln's most famous moniker?
(a) Tricky Abe.
(b) Abolitionist Abe.
(c) Famous Abe.
(d) Honest Abe.

5. How do Reynolds and Kendi describe Du Bois?
(a) As a product of the Tuskegee Institute.
(b) As a segregationist.
(c) As a hyper-intellectual golden child.
(d) As a student of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Du Bois ask to come speak at Atlanta University, where he was teaching, in 1906?

2. Who wrote a biography of John Brown?

3. What racist film did Woodrow Wilson screen at the White House?

4. Which university were the four Black freshman from who started the original lunch-counter sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960?

5. Which famous Black novelist do Reynolds and Kendo point out was notably not invited to speak at the March on Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first legislation that Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted passed following President John F. Kennedy's assassination?

2. What did President Woodrow Wilson fear about Black soldiers' experiences in Europe during WWI?

3. Who was the most famous Black man in America in the early 1900s, and what did he symbolize to Black people?

4. What is one major change that Stokely Carmichael brought into the antiracist fight?

5. How did Angela Davis feel about the teachings of Malcolm X?

6. According to Reynolds and Kendi, what was a drawback of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

7. According to Reynolds and Kendi, how did Roosevelt's New Deal affect Black people?

8. What were some of President Andrew Johnson's influences on race relations in America?

9. Who was involved in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?

10. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?

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