Between 1960 and 1964, some white citizens protested with african americans in the south in nonviolent actions. how did the response of southerners opposed to integration change toward whites who joined civil rights actions at the time?

1. they gradually came to accept the change in their social structure.
2. they became increasingly violent, culminating in assault and murder.
3. they admired young whites for their actions and embraced the changes.
4. they reacted violently at first, then turned to legal challenges to fight integration.

The correct answer is B) They became increasingly violent, culminating in assault and murder.

Between 1960 and 1964, some white citizens protested with African Americans in the South in nonviolent actions. The response of Southerners opposed to integration changed toward whites who joined Civil Rights actions at the time in that they became increasingly violent, culminating in assault and murder.

These were the times of the Civil Rights MOvement in which many organizations fought for the rights and liberties of African Americans in the South. There were many incidents such as the riots in the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, in 1962where President Kennedy had to send the federal troops to control the racial problems. Or the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 that was repressed by the police. Another incident was the assassination of Malcolm X in the same year. Or the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in 1968.