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AP U.S. History Exam 1.46. How did nonviolent civil rights organizations work to extend the decision made in the excerpt to other public spheres?
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All right, first up, the excerpt.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ] Brown v. Board.
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And now the question:
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How did nonviolent civil rights organizations work
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to extend the decision made in the excerpt
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to other public spheres?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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Okay, well, in Brown versus the Board of Education,
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the Supreme Court finally took steps
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to desegregate schools,
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but the rest of the public sphere was left
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relatively untouched.
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Let's see how these nonviolent civil rights organizations packed
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a punch without the punch
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outside the classroom. All right.
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Did nonviolent civil rights organizations extend the
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Brown v. Board of Education decision A -
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by adopting the philosophies of Booker T. Washington?
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Huh. Hmm.
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Well, one of Booker T. Washington's main philosophies was
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avoiding confrontation over segregation,
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and these groups wanted very much to draw attention to that
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ugly societal institution. So it's not A.
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Did these nonviolent groups attempt to spread
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desegregation C -
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by encouraging African Americans to use self-defense?
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Well, some in the civil rights movement -
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most notably supporters of Black Nationalism -
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believed that African Americans had a right to fight
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violence with violence. Nonviolent groups, however, felt
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quite the opposite. So that's a strike against C and D.
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Which means nonviolent civil rights groups worked
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to extend desegregation to other public spheres
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B - by boycotting the use of segregated facilities.
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Well, to combat the inequality of segregated spaces
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in a nonviolent way, civil rights groups
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focused on organizing boycotts of segregated facilities,
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particularly those connected to transportation and service.
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So B is the right answer.
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One major tactic of the boycotts was called a sit-in,
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which involved activists taking a seat at a restaurant
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that refused to serve them.
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We just hope they didn't sit in the food. That would've been low.
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[ shouting ]
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