Read the excerpt below and answer the following question.
"I remember when Glenn Smiley and I went to Montgomery... we found that there were weapons in Dr. King's house. There were armed guards on his porch. We argued that you could not conduct a nonviolent campaign with weapons in your home... It was a struggle for King to accept this, because he felt a responsibility to protect his family."
— Adapted from Bayard Rustin, reflections on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains the historical significance of the debate over armed guards and weapons in Martin Luther King Jr.’s home?
- It illustrates the practical challenges and philosophical negotiations involved in establishing a strictly nonviolent strategy during the early Civil Rights Movement.Cevap
- BIt demonstrates that nonviolent direct action was a passive strategy designed to avoid any direct confrontation with segregationists.
- CIt indicates that adopting a nonviolent philosophy required activists to renounce their legal right to personal self-defense under all circumstances.
- DIt reflects a debate over whether civil rights organizers should abandon southern integration efforts and instead advocate for emigration to West Africa.
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It illustrates the practical challenges and philosophical negotiations involved in establishing a strictly nonviolent strategy during the early Civil Rights Movement.
The correct option is correct because the debate over the presence of weapons in King's home during the Montgomery Bus Boycott illustrates the complex transition from traditional practices of armed self-defense to a committed, tactical philosophy of nonviolence. Even leaders who would become icons of nonviolence initially utilized armed protection due to the constant threat of white supremacist violence.
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Civil Rights Strategies: Nonviolence vs. Self-Defense