Protest & Religion in the Jim Crow Era

Question 1

Where was “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”?

Answer 1

1910 NAACP Annual Conference

Question 2

In “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, why should everyone be talking about more than suffrage?

Answer 2

No-one has ever voted themselves into liberty

Question 3

At the time of emancipation, what was the Negroes’ cause, according to “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”?

Answer 3

Religion

Question 4

According to “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, what happened after the North beat the South?

Answer 4

The South slowly reconquered the North

Question 5

In “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, what do industrial schools do?

Answer 5

They teach the black man how to lay brick better for white men

Question 6

In “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, when would lynching be acceptable?

Answer 6

If the white man was also lynched every time he assaulted a colored woman

Question 7

Why, in “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, does the white man want the black man out of the south, but won’t let him leave?

Answer 7

South doesn’t want to get rid of the black man, but make him stay as the servant of the sovereign ruling race

Question 8

How is the idea that God created 2 separate races refuted in “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”?

Answer 8

He did a poor job

Question 9

According to “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, what should happen to the lynch mob?

Answer 9

Should be enlightened, not punished

Question 10

Why is there such anti-black racism in the USA, according to “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”?

Answer 10

• Not due to colour, as being Indian is fine

- Negro is a constant reminder of slavery

Question 11

In “Clarence Darrow’s Speech”, who is the natural ally of the AA?

Answer 11

The poor working people

Question 12

Who wrote “The Negro & Non-Resistance”?

Answer 12

E. Franklin Frazier

Question 13

What was “The Negro & Non-Resistance”?

Answer 13

An article in The Crisis

Question 14

Who was E. Franklin Frazier?

Answer 14

• An American sociologist and author, focusing on the Negro family
• First AA President of the American Sociological Association
• Member of the NAACP
• Taught at Morehouse & Fisk

Question 15

What is the message of “The Negro & Non-Resistance”?

Answer 15

Demonstrate the irony of those who condemn in the name of Christianity the activities of those who want Negroes to enjoy the same rights as other Americans

Question 16

In “The Negro & Non-Resistance”, why is non-resistance superficial?

Answer 16

People either become accommodated with being inferior or hate their oppressors

Question 17

Who wrote “A Spiritual Autobiography”?

Answer 17

C. S. Johnson

Question 18

Who was C. S. Johnson?

Answer 18

• American sociologist & first AA President of Fisk University
• Part of a League of Nations commission to Liberia

Question 19

What was C. S. Johnson’s method of racial uplift?

Answer 19

Preferred to work collaboratively with liberal white groups in the South as a “Sideline activist”

Question 20

Who did W. E. B. DuBois describe as ‘too conservative’?

Answer 20

C. S. Johnson

Question 21

In “A Spiritual Autobiography”, how did Johnson’s father use his religious faith?

Answer 21

Translated his religious convictions into useful and pioneering social action

Question 22

In “A Spiritual Autobiography”, what were Johnson’s reactions to the world wars?

Answer 22

• Confused by WWI

- Thought WWII was easier to understand and worth fighting for

Question 23

In “A Spiritual Autobiography”, why is the life of the AA such a struggle?

Answer 23

Have to live virtually in 2 different cultural worlds

Question 24

Who wrote “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”?

Answer 24

Jerome Holland

Question 25

What was “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”?

Answer 25

An article in the Journal of Negro Education

Question 26

According to “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”, why was the church criticised by Negro historians?

Answer 26

An organisation that had previously exploited its members

Question 27

In “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”, which 2 denominations best represent Negroes?

Answer 27

Baptists & Methodists

Question 28

In “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”, what 2 anti-lynching bills were there?

Answer 28

1. Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

2. Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill

Question 29

According to “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”, what 3 types of discrimination did the Church work against?

Answer 29

1. Economic
2. Social
3. Political

Question 30

What did most negro ministers want, according to the survey in “The Role of the Negro Church as an Organ of Protest”?

Answer 30

Action

Question 31

What was “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”?

Answer 31

A speech in “Making the Gospel Plain”

Question 32

According to “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”, what is vitally important?

Answer 32

The 15th amendment

Question 33

In “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”, who gave the speech?

Answer 33

Charles Sumner

Question 34

According to “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”, what should the Negro not compromise on?

Answer 34

Liberty & rights

Question 35

In “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”, what keeps quiet on the Negro question?

Answer 35

Religion

Question 36

According to “A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights of Negro Americans”, who should Negroes unite with?

Answer 36

The Socialist Party

Question 37

What was “Lynching and American Public Opinion”?

Answer 37

A book chapter in “Making the Gospel Plain”

Question 38

In “Lynching and American Public Opinion”, what was lynching?

Answer 38

A means of social control

Question 39

According to “Lynching and American Public Opinion”, what was the cause of lynching?

Answer 39

Former slaveholding states’ desire to repress the AA

Question 40

In “Lynching and American Public Opinion”, what should Negroes demand?

Answer 40

The 15th amendment and defend it