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This activity contains 10 questions.

	The proportion of doctorates awarded to African Americans today is much higher than it was 20 years ago.    True  False

	Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1982) mandated ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.    True  False

	The typical African American student was less likely to have White classmates in 2000 than in 1970.    True  False

	While African Americans are more likely today to be college graduates, the upward trend has declined.    True  False

	Despite increases in the numbers of Blacks who enter college, there are no more, and perhaps fewer Black professors to teach them and serve as role models.    True  False

	The proportion of African Americans who live below the poverty level has decreased significantly during the last two decades as the result of increased educational and occupational opportunities for Blacks.    True  False

	Official unemployment rates for young African Americans (ages 16-24) exceeds 30 percent.    True  False

	In recent years cities and government have abandoned programs with specific quotas for minority-owned enterprises, thus jeopardizing already fragile African American businesses.    True  False

	Strengths of the African American family include: strong kinship bonds, a strong work orientation, adaptability of family roles, a high achievement orientation, and a strong religious orientation.    True  False

	A 1996 study revealed that 2/3 of boys in Harlem would die before they reached mid-adulthood.    True  False

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