For each set of statements below, write M before the main idea and S before the statements that support or help to explain the main idea. One sentence in each set does not support or explain the main idea; write X next to this statement. On the lines below, write at least one fact to support or explain the statement that does not belong in each set.
Set 1
____ In 1966 the SNCC took steps toward black separatism and embraced Black Power.
____ At the time of his assignation, Martin Luther King Jr., was focusing on the issue of poverty.
____ By the mid-1960s, urban black militancy and racial divisions had increased.
____ More than 30 African Americans were killed by police during a riot in the community of Watts.
____ During the summer of 1967, 66 people were killed during black riots in Newark, N.J. and Detroit, Mi.
Set 2
____ Malcolm X played an important role in redefining black objectives in the mid-1960s.
____ Since the 1960s thousands of African Americans have won public offices in the South and elsewhere.
____ The protest movement brought an end to de jure segregation.
____ The civil rights movement helped African Americans to improve their position in society and reaffirmed
constitutional principles.
____ The number of black college students and black professional increased after the 1960s.