Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Publicity was another vital need — photos and eyewitness accounts of workers on the picket lines being harassed by gorillas and police. The picket lines themselves would have to be organized.

The excerpt says workers on the picket lines were being harassed by “gorillas and police.” In this context, “gorillas” refers to hired men used to intimidate or attack striking workers, so choice B best explains the word. The other choices discuss unions or clothing and do not clarify who was harassing the workers.

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