►  How does the “Separate But Equal” decision by the Supreme Court foster Jim Crow policies?

►  What are the openly racist statements by Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson?

►  What is the contrast between the black icons Booker T. Washington and W.D. DuBois?

►  What is the mixed blessing of Jack Johnson, the heavyweight fighter?

►  What is the Harlem Renaissance and the great cultural awakening?

►  What is the notion of Black Nationalism espoused by Marcus Garvey in the 1920s?

►  What is the response by whites to the migration of rural blacks for factory jobs in the North during the Depression of the 1930s?

►  Why does WWII begin the modern civil rights movement?

►  How does Jackie Robinson break baseball segregation?

►  Why does Ike reluctantly enforce the Supreme Court’s decision to end school segregation?

►  What is the role of churches during the modern civil rights movement?

►  What is the contrast between J. Edgar Hoover and Robert Kennedy?

►  Why do blacks sometimes turn to Islam?

►  Why do uprisings occur during periods of rising expectations?