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5. Explain how civil rights advocates for women and African Americans played a role in the

expansion of voting rights in the United States. (4 points)

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Diversity of strategies, from putting lawsuits to court

Step-by-step explanation:

The Civil Rights Movement is a key word for the numerous types of advocacy which, between 1946 and 1968, aimed to ensure that African Americans had complete political, economic and social rights.

Civil rights advocacy included a variety of approaches, from court proceedings and government lobbying, overt mass action and dark power. Civil rights activism included.

There were many major successes due to the influence of civil rights leaders but also the fervent resistance by white supremacists.

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) championed black body-reliance, ethnic pride and self-defence in the face of racist violence as one of its most prominent advocates.

After the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., by James Earl Ray, the strategy led by Malcolm X became recognized as black power.

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