25. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 25: The Postwar Suburbs

**Quiz for Document 25.5: Jackie Robinson, Testimony before the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1959)**

Quiz for Document 25.5: Jackie Robinson, Testimony before the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1959)

1. According to Jackie Robinson, even sympathetic white builders typically refused to sell homes to African Americans, justifying their actions as

a business decision.

a constitutional right.

an effort to create safe communities.

a consequence of blacks’ inability to qualify for mortgages.

2. What did Jackie Robinson suggest needed to occur for housing discrimination to end?

Individual action

Local laws

Federal oversight and enforcement of laws

Open-occupancy basis building

3. According to Jackie Robinson, housing discrimination against African Americans led to which of the following?

The perpetuation of racist attitudes among whites

A depressed housing market

Mental and physical suffering

High levels of homelessness

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