Oklahoman Art and Culture — Unit test

Question 3 • LHS Oklahoma History

What was the primary purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

Answer

to challenge discrimination and segregation by supporting nonviolent protest

to encourage politicians to implement further segregation policies in the South

to support violent demonstrations for change throughout Oklahoma and the South

to demand that congressional officials amend the Constitution rather than uphold it

Explanation

The NAACP’s primary purpose was to fight racial discrimination and segregation, especially through legal challenges and support for nonviolent civil rights activism. Choice A describes this goal. The organization opposed segregation rather than encouraging it, and it did not promote violent demonstrations.

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