"A High Tech Lynching for Uppity Blacks" Was the Phrase

question 12

Multiple Choice

"A high tech lynching for uppity blacks" was the phrase used

• A) to describe the murder of James Byrd, Jr.
• B) to explain the horrific attack on Matthew Shepard.
• C) by Clarence Thomas regarding charges he faced at his Supreme Court nomination hearing.
• D) to denounce the failure to pass legislation making certain crimes against African Americans "hate crimes."
• E) by Rodney King to describe televised reports of his beating by white police officers.

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