How did the NAACP fare during the war? What new protest groups arose?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer:
1. Explain that the NAACP grew rapidly during the war, with membership growing from 50,000 to 450,000 between 1940 and 1945.
2. Note that the NAACP’s success can be attributed to legal victories and the organization’s role in the “Double V” campaign.
3. Explain the NAACP’s success brought divisions within the group.
4. Explain that the Southern Regional Council was an interracial coalition focused on calling attention to the inequalities black people faced in the South.
5. Describe the Congress of Racial Equality, which used protest tactics rooted in the principles of nonviolent direct action expounded by Mohandas Gandhi.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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