USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group organized protests, sit ins, and boycotts during the civil rights movement?
A
AAA (Atlantans Are Activists)
B
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
C
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
D
REA (Ready Education Association)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the early 1960s, young Black college students conducted sit-ins around America to protest the segregation of restaurants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beginning its operations in a corner of the SCLC’s Atlanta office, SNCC dedicated itself to organizing sit-ins, boycotts and other nonviolent direct action protests against segregation and other forms of racial discrimination.

Detailed explanation-3: -sit-in movement, nonviolent movement of the U.S. civil rights era that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. The sit-in, an act of civil disobedience, was a tactic that aroused sympathy for the demonstrators among moderates and uninvolved individuals.

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