Author Question: This African American Nobel Prize winner refused a government appointment because he did not want to ... (Read 109 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In regard to civil rights, the most important department of the Kennedy administration was:

A) the Interior Department.
B) the State Department.
C) the Health, Education, and Welfare Department.
D) the Justice Department.

Question 2

Why did the new student militancy cause discord within black communities?

A) Traditional community leaders feared losing their patronage networks.
B) Traditional leaders felt their tactics would backfire.
C) Traditional leaders felt these student leaders were juvenile delinquents.
D) Traditional leaders feared more violence.

Question 3

The Greensboro sit-in established what new phase in civil rights tactics?

A) revolutionary
B) patient legal strategy
C) violent resistance
D) student activism

Question 4

A symbolic first, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in:

A) the Olympics.
B) the University of Alabama Law School.
C) the Army Officer Corps.
D) major league baseball.

Question 5

This African American Nobel Prize winner refused a government appointment because he did not want to subject his family to humiliating segregation laws in Washington, D.C.

A) Ralph Abernathy
B) James Farmer
C) Ralph Bunche
D) Martin Luther King, Jr.