How did the quest for equality undertaken by women, Latinos, Native Americans, and gay individuals compare and contrast with the tactics previously utilized by African-Americans in their own successful quest in the Civil Rights Movement?

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1. Compare and contrast the nonviolent approaches and more militant later tactics utilized by African-Americans throughout the Civil Rights Movement and the quest for equality from women, Latinos, Native Americans, and gay individuals.
2. Discuss the nonviolent approach by women, through the formation of NOW and the protests against the Miss American pageant, legislative maneuvers to pass ERA and the court system to secure the right to choose.
3. Discuss the nonviolent approach by Latinos through the organized grape boycott instituted by the United Farm Workers to seek better workplace rights for many Hispanic workers in the California agricultural economy.
4. Compare and contrast the varying approaches used by Native Americans, including nonviolent demonstrations at Alcatraz and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the violent stand-offs with federal marshals and FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Reservation on two separate occasions.
5. Compare and contrast how gay Americans rose up at the Stonewall Inn and then sought equality through political participation and changes by the American Psychiatric Association.
6. Write a concise and effective conclusion that supports how the nonviolent approaches in the quest for civil rights produced the most success for all Americans seeking equality.