1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?
A. Despite the violence civil rights activists endured, the sit-in movement influenced desegregation and inspired other protests.
B. Civil rights activists did not believe the sit-in movement would reverse segregation, but they wanted to draw nationwide attention to racial prejudice in the South.
C. Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists used nonviolent means of resistance, they were considered weak by white racists.
D. The sit-in movement was a brave attempt to end segregation in the South, but it was not as effective as the freedom riders.