Ida B. Wells, Alleged Causes of Lynchings, 1895The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him. It gave him the right to vote, but denied him the protection which should have maintained that right. Scourged from his home; hunted through the swamps; hung by midnight raiders, and openly murdered in the light of day, the Negro clung to his right of franchise with a heroism which would have wrung admiration from the hearts of savages. He believed that in that small white ballot there was a subtle something which stood for manhood as well as citizenship, and thousands of brave black men went to their graves, exemplifying the one by dying for the other.Wells, Ida B. A Red Record. Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States. 1895. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14977Which of the following groups or movements would call for active and organized resistance rather than a passive approach to combat the practices exposed in the excerpt above?Elimination ToolSelect one answerASouthern whites.BW.E.B. DuBois’ Niagara Movement.CBooker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise.DMembers of the American Protective Association.
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Ida B. Wells, Alleged Causes of Lynchings, 1895The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him. It gave him the right to vote, but denied him the protection which should have maintained that right. Scourged from his home; hunted through the swamps; hung by midnight raiders, and openly murdered in the light of day, the Negro clung to his right of franchise with a heroism which would have wrung admiration from the hearts of savages. He believed that in that small white ballot there was a subtle something which stood for manhood as well as citizenship, and thousands of brave black men went to their graves, exemplifying the one by dying for the other.Wells, Ida B. A Red Record. Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States. 1895. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14977Which of the following groups or movements would call for active and organized resistance rather than a passive approach to combat the practices exposed in the excerpt above?Elimination ToolSelect one answerASouthern whites.BW.E.B. DuBois’ Niagara Movement.CBooker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise.DMembers of the American Protective Association.
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The group that would call for active and organized resistance rather than a passive approach to combat the practices exposed in the excerpt above is B. W.E.B. DuBois’ Niagara Movement. This movement, led by W.E.B. DuBois, was known for its active resistance and advocacy for equal rights for black people, in contrast to more passive approaches.
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