Select the correct answer.
Which of statement describes the link between the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-war movement?

A.
Anti-war sentiment became the main focus of the March on Washington.
B.
Some African American activists saw involvement in Vietnam as another example of colonialism.
C.
African Americans insisted on forming their own units to avoid discrimination in the military.
D.
Many advocates for equality expressed support for American involvement in Vietnam.

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sssorensen71 sssorensen71 · Answer 1 · 2022-04-09T01:06:21+02:00

Answer:

B

Explanation:

From 1966 onward, African American leaders began objecting

to the war as it became clear that both the war and the funding it required were hurting their struggle

for equality. Clear, statistical evidence of racial bias within the military, especially the high

casualty rates and draft rates of Black soldiers, angered and emboldened the radical activists in the

movement, which had previously been kept in check by the promise of legislative change.

Moderates of the civil rights movement avoided condemning the disparate statistics within the

military, in order to maintain support for President Johnson and his Great Society. The explicitly

revolutionary groups, largely motivated by the disproportionate statistics in the military, opposed

the Vietnam War and the government that perpetuated it on anticolonial and antiracist grounds,

thus breaking the consensus of civil rights organizations because of a differing perception of

racism in the military