Booker T. Washington was one of the most prominent African American leaders in the decades immediately following the emancipation of slaves. Washington opposed confrontation with the white power structure and urged African Americans to accept existing conditions. This philosophy is referred to as
a. pacification.
b. remission.
c. accommodation.
d. agitation.
e. Jim Crow.
ANS: C
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