Movements and Debates
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Read the following passage from W. E. B. Du Bois's *The Souls of Black Folk* (1903):
"So far as Mr. Washington preaches Effort, Patience, and Industrial Training for the masses, we must hold up his hands and strive with him... But so far as Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, North or South, does not value the privilege and duty of voting, belittles the emasculating effects of caste-distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds... we must unceasingly and firmly oppose them."
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the strategies of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois as expressed in this passage?
During debates on economic justice, some policymakers suggest that racial inequality should be addressed through universal, class-based social programs rather than race-specific reparations. Which of the following best explains why reparations advocates argue that universal, class-based social programs are insufficient to address racial inequality?
Read the excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's essay 'Criteria of Negro Art' (1926) and answer the question that follows:
'Thus all Art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.'
Which of the following best describes the primary disagreement between W. E. B. Du Bois's artistic philosophy and that of many younger Harlem Renaissance writers, such as Langston Hughes?
Read the excerpt from Langston Hughes's autobiography *The Big Sea* (1940) and answer the question that follows.
"She wanted me to be primitive, and know and feel the intuitions of the primitive. But, unfortunately, I was not Africa. I was Chicago and Kansas City and Broadway and Harlem. And I was not what she wanted me to be."
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes the cultural debate or tension that Hughes is addressing?
Read the following excerpt from the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA) Statement of Goals and Objectives (1971):
> 'The Third World Women's Alliance is an organization of women of color who are committed to the struggle against all forms of oppression... It is our belief that the struggle against racism, sexism, and imperialism must be waged simultaneously, as they are interlocking systems of oppression. We reject the idea that we must choose which struggle is primary; our liberation requires the dismantling of all these systems.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes how the TWWA's political philosophy differed from that of mainstream, white-led liberal feminist organizations of the early 1970s?
Read the following excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's address at Harpers Ferry during the Niagara Movement meeting in 1906:
'We will not be satisfied to take one jot or tittle less than our full manhood rights. We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social; and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America... We want our children educated. The school system in the country districts is a disgrace... and when we call for education we mean real education.'
Which of the following best explains how this excerpt characterizes the division between Du Bois's approach and Booker T. Washington's strategy for African American progress?
Read the following excerpt adapted from Booker T. Washington’s *The Future of the American Negro* (1899):
'Our knowledge of history teaches us that no race can long remain in a position of usefulness and power unless its members are grounded in the practical, industrial occupations of life... This does not mean that the Negro is to be excluded from the higher education of the mind, but it does mean that the foundation must be laid in the useful, everyday industries of the world.'
Which of the following statements best analyzes the relationship between the educational strategies advocated by W.E.B. Du Bois and the argument presented by Washington in the passage?
Read the following excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1959 article 'Social Organization of Nonviolence' and answer the question below.
'We must make a clear distinction between two types of force. One is the use of force in self-defense, which is a recognized right in all societies, moral and legal... The other is the use of violence as a political strategy or weapon to achieve social change. While the right to defend one's home and family is undeniable, adopting violence as a method of struggle for civil rights is both practically self-defeating and morally destructive.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following statements best describes how mainstream civil rights leaders like King conceptualized the relationship between nonviolent direct action and armed self-defense?
Read the following excerpt from the 'Address to the People of the United States,' adopted at the Rochester Colored National Convention in 1853:
'We are Americans, and as Americans we would be treated... We ask that in our native land, we shall not be treated as strangers, outcasts, and aliens... We address you—not as aliens nor as exiles, humbly asking to be permitted to dwell among you in peace; but we address you as American citizens asserting their rights... We point to the history of our country, to our birth, and to our labor... and we demand our rights as citizens.'
Which of the following mid-nineteenth-century political philosophies does this excerpt best represent?
Read the excerpt below from the Gary Declaration, issued at the National Black Political Convention in 1972:
"Both [major] political parties have betrayed us... The challenge is to move from protest to politics, from dependency to self-determination. We must build our own institutions, control our own communities, and organize our political power to serve our own needs."
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains how this declaration reflects the goals of the Black Power Movement?
Read the following excerpt from an editorial published in the *Provincial Freeman* in 1854:
"We do not advocate emigration to the exclusion of other means for the elevation of the colored man; but we do say that, under the present state of things in the United States, it is the most practical and immediate step. While we remain here, we are subject to laws that degrade us, and we are denied the rights of citizenship. In Canada, we can purchase land, educate our children, and exercise the franchise without distinction of color."
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes the primary rationale of the author's emigrationist stance?
Read the following review of Claude McKay’s novel *Home to Harlem* (1928), written by W. E. B. Du Bois and published in *The Crisis*:
> "[The novel] for the most part caters to that grosser demand on the part of white readers for license and sensuality... it looks as though McKay has tried to write something that would sell, rather than something that represents the deep, true soul of Negro life."
Which of the following debates from the New Negro Movement is best represented by the critique in the excerpt?
The table below summarizes two major philosophical approaches to Black liberation in the antebellum United States:
| Strategy | Primary Goal | Views on United States Citizenship | Key Advocates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy 1 | Immediate abolition and full integration into American political and social life | Asserted that Black Americans were entitled to equal rights as birthright citizens | Frederick Douglass, John Rock |
| Strategy 2 | Relocation and the establishment of self-governing Black settlements outside the US | Argued that the US was fundamentally hostile to Black citizenship and equality | Martin Delany, Mary Ann Shadd Cary |
Which of the following historical developments in the 1850s most directly intensified the debates between the advocates of Strategy 1 and Strategy 2?
Although Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois are often remembered for their opposing strategies regarding vocational training versus higher education, their civil rights work revealed complex overlaps. Which of the following historical details best demonstrates that Washington's strategy was more nuanced than simple accommodation to racial segregation?
Read the excerpt below from Bobby Seale's book *Seize the Time* (1970):
"We don’t fight fire with fire. We’re going to fight fire with water. We’re not going to fight racism with racism. We’re going to fight racism with solidarity. We’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism; we’re going to fight it with basic socialism."
Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements best describes the Black Panther Party's perspective on achieving liberation?
Read the following excerpt from a prominent speech delivered in 1895:
"The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing."
Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of early African American political thought, which of the following statements best describes W.E.B. Du Bois's critique of this perspective?
Read the following excerpt from an editorial in the *Provincial Freeman* (1855):
'We do not oppose emigration; we believe it to be the true policy of our people. But we do oppose the scheme of the American Colonization Society, which seeks to banish us from our native land to the pestilential shores of Africa, not for our elevation, but to secure the safety of the slaveholder's property.'
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains the author's distinction between emigrationism and the project of the American Colonization Society?
Read the statement below by James Farmer, co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), reflecting on the strategy behind the 1961 Freedom Rides, and answer the following question.
"We planned the Freedom Ride to be a confrontation. We did not want it to be a quiet ride where we slipped through the South unnoticed. We wanted to make sure that the federal government, and the nation, would be forced to see the reality of segregation and enforce the law of the land. Our nonviolence was a means of active exposure, not passive acceptance."
Based on this statement, which of the following best describes how civil rights organizations like CORE conceptualized nonviolent direct action?
Read the excerpt below from a 1966 statement by Floyd McKissick, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE):
'Black Power is not Black supremacy. It is not hate... Black Power is the political, economic, and social control of our own communities... It means that we want to put ourselves in a position to determine our own destiny.'
Based on the excerpt, McKissick's definition of 'Black Power' represents a shift from earlier civil rights strategies primarily by emphasizing which of the following goals?
In 1926, younger Black artists and writers, including Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston, launched the quarterly journal *Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists*. The magazine sought to depict the authentic, lived experiences of working-class African Americans, addressing topics like economic hardship, colorism, and sexuality. Older intellectuals and organizations, such as the NAACP, criticized the publication for failing to present positive, refined images of Black life.
This clash over the publication of *Fire!!* illustrates which of the following central debates of the New Negro Movement?