Aim for FiveAfrican American Studies

Short answer: course theme (no source)

Strategies of the Black Freedom movement

  • Unit 4
  • 3 points
  • About 13 minutes

With no source to read, you answer three or four short parts about a big theme that runs through several units, giving specific examples and explaining causes, comparisons, changes or significance. On the exam: Section II, short-answer question 3 of 3 (required); the three short-answer questions share a suggested 40 minutes and are 18% of the score. In 2025 and 2026 this question had 3 parts (A–C).

The question

There is no source for this question. Answer parts A, B and C in a few complete sentences each, using specific historical evidence; you don't need a thesis.

Suggested time: 13 minutes

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Part (A)

1 point

Describe one nonviolent direct-action campaign of the Civil Rights movement between 1955 and 1965.

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Part (B)

1 point

Describe one way the ideas of Malcolm X or the Nation of Islam differed from the goal of integration.

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Part (C)

1 point

Using a specific example, explain how Black women shaped the direction of the Civil Rights or Black Power movement.

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