Read the following excerpt written by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963:
"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."
Based on the excerpt, which of the following best describes the primary strategic purpose of nonviolent direct action in the Civil Rights Movement?
- AAchieving integration through quiet cooperation and avoiding conflict with local authorities
- Forcing political negotiations by deliberately creating tension and visible social crisisCevap
- CPacifying aggressive opponents by demonstrating complete submission to segregationist laws
- DAvoiding public confrontations by restricting civil rights advocacy to courtroom litigation
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Forcing political negotiations by deliberately creating tension and visible social crisis
The correct answer is correct because the excerpt explicitly states that nonviolent direct action is intended to establish a state of crisis and tension to force a community to negotiate. This demonstrates that nonviolence was not passive, but a deliberate method of confrontational resistance.
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Nonviolent direct action as an active, confrontational political strategy rather than passive surrender