A time period when many African-Americans argued for equality through nonviolent means is known as the...

A time period when many African-Americans argued for equality through nonviolent means is known as the...

• A. Harlem Renaissance
• B. Great Migration
• C. Civil Rights Movement
• D. Black Power Movement

Answer: (C)

Nonviolent, incremental change through protests, legal challenges, and negotiations defined this era. The Civil Rights Movement used peaceful means—boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and court cases—to dismantle segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans, led by groups like the NAACP and SCLC and figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. This approach helped produce landmark federal civil rights legislation in the 1960s, like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. It stands apart from the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural moment in the 1920s, the Great Migration, a large-scale population shift, and the Black Power Movement, which emphasized self-determination and sometimes more militant tactics.

Nonviolent, incremental change through protests, legal challenges, and negotiations defined this era. The Civil Rights Movement used peaceful means—boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and court cases—to dismantle segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans, led by groups like the NAACP and SCLC and figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. This approach helped produce landmark federal civil rights legislation in the 1960s, like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. It stands apart from the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural moment in the 1920s, the Great Migration, a large-scale population shift, and the Black Power Movement, which emphasized self-determination and sometimes more militant tactics.