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QuizMultiple Choice

Case Study: Civil Rights Movement

Question 3 • CA-Ethnic Studies

How did activist Ella Baker respond to the growth of the sit-in movement?

Answer
A
She staged counterprotests during sit-in demonstrations.
B
She worked with students to found a new activist organization.
C
She decided to form the Southern Christian Leadership Council.
D
She drafted a law opposing the segregation of restaurants in one state.

Explanation

Ella Baker supported the student sit-in protesters and helped them organize independently. In 1960, she helped bring student activists together at Shaw University, where they founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She did not form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which was founded earlier, in 1957.

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