27. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 27: Women’s Liberation

**Quiz for Document 27.3: National Black Feminist Organization, Statement of Purpose (1973)**

Quiz for Document 27.3: National Black Feminist Organization, Statement of Purpose (1973)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. The NBFO’s Statement of Purpose suggests that black feminists sought to establish an independent organization because

they wanted to define themselves and their needs, rather than having them defined by others.

they did not see the women’s liberation movement as a serious or effective political force.

neither white women nor black men believed that black women mattered politically or socially.

racism ran rampant in every sector and organization of the women’s movement.

2. By creating an independent black feminist organization, NBFO members suggest that they could

critique the women’s movement while strengthening the black liberation movement.

strengthen the women’s movement and critique the black liberation movement.

strengthen both the women’s liberation and black liberation movements.

critique both the women’s liberation and black liberation movements.

3. Which groups did the founders of the NBFO castigate for thinking of them as providers of “domestic or servile” assistance?

White feminists and white leftist men

White leftist men and the black community

White feminists and black nationalist men

The black community, especially black nationalist men

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