Approximately what percentage of the black vote went to George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election?
Under President George W. Bush, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice both served as
Multiple choice question.
Democrats and blacks alleged that many African-American voters were systematically disenfranchised during the 2000 presidential election in which crucial state?
In the 2004 case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court struck a blow against black electoral participation when it
Which congressperson has, with little success, introduced legislation every year since 1989 in hopes of creating a commission to consider the possibility of paying reparations for slavery to African Americans?
In 2004, an effort to gain compensation for the survivors and heirs of the 1921 Tulsa race riot through the courts was
As of 2007, all of the following states’ legislatures had issued apologies for their past roles in slavery EXCEPT
Which of the following statements about the spread of HIV/AIDS in black communities is LEAST accurate?
African Americans constitute roughly what percentage of America’s prison population?
According to More Than Just Race, by sociologist William Julius Wilson,
Which of the following statements about the American prison system is LEAST accurate?
Who was mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005?
What effect did Hurricane Katrina have on race relations in the United States?
Which black performer notoriously proclaimed that, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” during a live broadcast of a Hurricane Katrina benefit concert?
Which country’s music scene has blended Hip Hop with its traditional tassou performances to produce international stars such as MC Solaar and Duggy Tee?
Figures such as Ras Baraka and groups such as Project Blowed are leaders in the effort to
What role did Hip Hop artists play in the 2008 presidential election?
As part of a new “Great Migration” in the early twenty-first century, African Americans are moving
Which of the following states has experienced the steepest decline in its African-American population?
The cities with the largest African-American populations as of 2004 included all of the following EXCEPT
In 2000, blacks represented what percentage of the total American population?
Roughly what percentage of American Hispanics identify themselves as blacks?
Which of the following statements about black American settlement patterns is MOST accurate?
What was “Camp Obama”?
Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy was nearly derailed by an inflammatory sermon delivered by
What accounts for the disparities in health between white and black Americans? Is the root cause of these disparities economic or racial? Can the health crisis be solved within the black community itself or does it need to be addressed by outside intervention from the federal government? Would even government intervention be able to address the problem, or does it require a fundamental restructuring of America’s social and economic structures?