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Sam Cooke - A Change Gonna Come - Civil Rights - United States History

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  • Q1
    I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna; come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around Its been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke The above song was written or created in response to which of the following?
    violence against protesters
    "I have a Dream" speech
    assassination of Dr. King
    Watts riots
    120s
  • Q2
    I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna; come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around Its been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke By "It's been too hard living" , Cooke was referencing which of the following?
    sharecropping
    unequal schools
    Jim Crow
    slavery
    120s
  • Q3
    I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna; come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around Its been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke By "It's been a long time coming" , Cooke was most likely referencing which of the following?
    ratification of the 14th amendment
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    120s
  • Q4
    I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna; come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around Its been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke The excerpt expresses a major change in views that would have been opposed by which of the following?
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Southern Christian Leadership Council
    120s
  • Q5
    I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna; come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go down town Somebody keep telling me don't hang around Its been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say, Brother, help me please But he winds up knocking me Back down on my knees There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke This statement of Cooke and whom (which) of the following expressed the same goals?
    Nation of Islam
    Black Panthers
    Black Power
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    120s

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