PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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nonviolent protest was the best way to obtain civil right
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non violent protest where not enough ____ an eye for an eye mentality
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supported living in segregated societies
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African Americans should move back to Africa to obtain their God given rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.
Detailed explanation-2: -Like Malcolm X, the Black Panthers believed that nonviolent protests could not truly liberate black Americans or give them power over their own lives. They linked the African American liberation movement with liberation movements in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -We want all Black men to be exempt from military service. We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people. We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county, and city prisons and jails.
Detailed explanation-4: -Who were the Black Panthers and what did they believe? A black nationalist party who believed that black people should govern themselves. Their aims were: organise the working class, self defence, economic improvements and to improve conditions in northern ghettos.