1. a) Who was Dr. Carter G. Woodson?
b) Why did he establish the ASNLH?
c) When and for what purpose did Dr. Woodson launch Negro History Week?
d) Why did he choose February for this event?

2. What is Star Parker attempting to do in this commentary?

3. Ms. Parker defines oppression as "interference in an individual's ability to exercise control of and responsibility for their own life." According to Ms. Parker, what type of oppression have black Americans experienced in American history? What is different about the most recent oppression experienced by blacks in America?

4. Ms. Parker asserts that blacks today are still under this third type of oppression. How does she describe the path to freedom?

5. In her commentary, Star Parker said: "The threat to the black present and the black future is the collapse of real values. The welfare state constituted and constitutes the mindset of materialism and the mindset that life is a social engineering problem. It's this mindset that stands today between blacks and their own freedom." Do you agree? Explain your answer.