What caused NAACP, churchmen, and other civic leaders to organize the silent protest?
A. violence in East St. Louis and other places in the U.S. against African Americans
B. anger at President Wilson for deciding to enter World War I
C. fear and resentment at the potential for losing factory jobs to other people
D. the desire for African Americans to gain the right to vote

The event was organized by the NAACP, church, and community leaders to protest violence directed towards African Americans, such as recent lynchings in Waco and Memphis. The parade was precipitated by the East St. Louis riots in May and July 1917 where at least 40 black people were killed by white mobs, in part touched off by a labor dispute where blacks were used for strike breaking

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Fear and resentment at the potential for losing factory jobs to other people caused NAACP, churchmen, and other civic leaders to organize the silent protest.

The correct option is C.

What is NAACP?

In the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization.

Silent propose was caused to oppose lynchings, murders, and other forms of anti-Black violence; to advocate for anti-lynching legislation, and to promote Black issues.

An estimated 10,000 African Americans marched down Fifth Avenue, meeting at 55th–59th Streets, and proceeded peacefully to Madison Square, holding banners protesting racist violence.

Thus, this was the reason for the silent protest.

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