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"Eyes on the Prize": "A Nation of Law?"

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Introduction:
"This quiz is on episode 12 of this 14 hour, monumental Civil Rights documentary covering Fred Hampton and the Attica Riot."


1. How old was Fred Hampton when he was elected deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party?
    36
    16
    21
    26


2. Which of the following were the Black Panther Party NOT responsible for?
    A truce between white, black and hispanic street gangs in the inner city
    Free clinics for the poor
    The December 4th, 1969 shootout at Fred Hampton's apartment
    Free breakfasts for children


3. What did William O?Neal claim to be?
    Deputy chairman of the BPP
    An FBI informant
    The son of Malcolm X
    A police officer


4. What DIDN'T J. Edgar Hoover do to destroy the BPP?
    He named the BPP number one on the most wanted list
    He used rumors and lies to break up alliances
    He used the COINTELPRO program
    He shot Fred Hampton


5. How did the BPP prove that Fred Hampton was murdered by the police?
    They got key police officers to confess
    They used psychiatrists to testify to the state of mind of BPP members
    They found a police officer's bloody glove in the apartment
    They invited the neighborhood into the home where the murder took place


6. Whose death sparked riots in the Attica Correctional Facility?
    Fred Hampton
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    William O'Neal
    George Jackson


7. Which of the following was NOT one of the "Fifteen Practical Proposals" made by the Attica inmates during the riot?
    Apply the New York state minimum wage law to all state institutions to stop slave labor
    We demand private cells for each inmate
    Allow all New York state prisoners to be politically active, without intimidation or reprisals
    Give us true religious freedom


8. After the re-taking of the prison, the Attica prisoners were stripped naked and forced to walk through a gauntlet of prison guards who beat the prisoners in their genitals.
    True
    False


9. What is Frank Smith's nickname?
    Big Boy
    Black Mac
    Big Black
    Killer Culligan


10. What killed the ten hostages during the re-taking of the prison?
    Concussion grenades
    Poison gas
    Police gunfire
    Knives


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