Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.  Poor blacks were worse off in the 1990s than they were in the 1950s. 
2.  Increases in income for blacks have enabled them to close the gap with white incomes. 
3.  Poverty in the African American population has been declining since the mid-1960s. 
4.  The legacy of slavery for African Americans has greatly reduced their access to valued resources in American society. 
5.  According to the study, lynching created a culture of violence that still influences homicide rates for African Americans. 


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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