“The Ballot or the Bullet” - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

This speech criticized the March on Washington by saying “[they] made you think you were going somewhere and you end up going nowhere.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this speech that warned of a racial “powder keg” more dangerous than Russian atomic bombs. This speech exhorted African Americans of all faiths to fight for civil rights with either of its two title means.

ANSWER: “The Ballot or the Bullet”

[10e] This Muslim civil rights activist delivered the “Ballot or the Bullet” speech. This activist’s schism with the Nation of Islam led to his assassination.

ANSWER: Malcolm X [or Malcolm Little; accept el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; prompt on X]

[10h] Jackie Robinson criticized this politician’s suggestion that Black people should boycott the NAACP and follow Malcolm X instead. This former pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church attended the Bandung conference.

ANSWER: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. [prompt on Adam Clayton Powell]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	8	16.25	88%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	14.55	100%	46%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%

Data


Tennesse A	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech F	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
UF A	Florida Tech A	10	10	0	20
UCF B	Florida Tech B	0	10	0	10
UF C	UF D	0	10	0	10
Florida State University A	UF E	0	10	0	10
UF B	UF F	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley C	Stanford L	0	10	0	10
Berkeley B	stanford M	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	0	0
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Princeton A	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Purdue B	10	10	0	20
Purdue C	UChicago C	0	10	0	10
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UIUC A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
UChicago A	UIUC D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	UChicago D	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	WashU C	10	10	0	20
UIUC B	WashU D	10	10	0	20
Arkansas	Missouri	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma	Oregon State	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State	Colorado College	10	10	0	20
Iowa	Ole Miss	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Texas C	WUSTL A	10	10	0	20
Texas D	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
UBC A	SFU	0	10	0	10
UBC B	UW B	0	10	0	10
UW A	Alberta	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Amherst A	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Williams A	0	10	0	10
Bowdoin A	A Brandeis Supreme	0	10	0	10
Bowdoin B	BU B	0	10	0	10
Brandeises Brew	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Clark A	Diamond Brandeis	10	10	0	20
MIT	Harvard A	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Yale C	10	10	0	20
Tusculum A	Tennesse B	0	10	0	10
Penn State A	Bard A	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
Michigan D (DII)	CWRU D (DII)	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Kenyon B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan State C (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	Michigan State B (UG)	10	10	0	20
Bristol B	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
LSE A	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
LSE B	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Oxford A	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Southampton A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Bristol A	Vanderbilt	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Warwick A	0	10	0	10