In the late nineteenth century, Ida B. Wells-Barnett investigated the lynching of three Black business owners in Memphis, Tennessee, who operated the People's Grocery store. According to her research, which of the following factors was the primary motivation behind this act of racial terror?
- AA lack of local police forces capable of maintaining public order in rapidly growing urban areas
- White resentment of Black economic success and business competitionCevap
- CA sudden rise in violent crime rates that overwhelmed the local Southern court system
- DA widespread desire to protect white women from alleged attacks by Black men
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White resentment of Black economic success and business competition
The correct answer is correct because Ida B. Wells-Barnett's investigative journalism proved that racial terror and lynching were primarily motivated by a desire to eliminate Black economic competition and maintain white supremacy. In the case of the Memphis People's Grocery, the successful Black-owned store was seen as a direct threat to a neighboring white-owned business, demonstrating how economic independence provoked white supremacist violence.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett's analysis of the economic motivations behind racial terror and lynching