When answering this question please take into account that African Americans responded in different ways according to different factors such as age, life experience, family responsibilities, fear, religion, education, economic position, individual traits and whether they lived in the city or the suburbs. How did these factors influence African-American support, avoidance or rejection of the Civil Rights Movement?
There were two phases of civil rights.
The first was more a struggle for integration while the second was a Black Power movement.
The first being non-violent was able to draw in more traditional and broader support. As civil rights moved away from non-violence as a means, it became harder to get a broad base.
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There were two phases of civil rights.
The first was more a struggle for integration while the second was a Black Power movement.
The first being non-violent was able to draw in more traditional and broader support. As civil rights moved away from non-violence as a means, it became harder to get a broad base.
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http://www.shmoop.com/intro/history/us/civil-rights-movement-black-power-era.html
http://www.shmoop.com/intro/history/us/civil-rights-movement-struggle-for-integration.html