What incident prompted the racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina?
A) The KKK held a very large parade in the city's downtown area.
B) The editor of a local black newspaper wrote an editorial that condemned white men for the sexual exploitation of black women and suggested that black men had sexual liaisons with rural white women.
C) Blacks decided that only violence would end segregation.
D) A young black woman decided that she would sit in the white section of a streetcar.
Answer: B
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