How did Booker T. Washington react to the Atlanta Riot of 1906?
A) He became an outspoken opponent of the use of violence by blacks.
B) He said that black resistance would only lead to more black deaths and urged racial harmony.
C) He decided to support liberal arts education as a way of preventing violence.
D) He advocated the use of self-defense and violence in the Atlanta Riot because blacks had been attacked first.
Question 2
What were the results of the Springfield Riot of 1908?
A) the imprisonment of over 300 blacks
B) the creation of the NAACP
C) W.E.B. Du Bois's death at the hands of white police
D) Washington being beaten by police, after he was mistaken for a rioter
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