In 2015,thirteen students were arrested at the University of Minnesota when they conducted a sit-in at the president's office in an attempt to protest the lack of diversity in the faculty.These protestors most clearly followed in the tradition of which group?

A) Third World Liberation Front
B) American Indian movement
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
D) United Farm Workers

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Kassandra Cervantes · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) was a student coalition at San Francisco State University that organized a series of protests and strikes in the late 1960s to demand increased enrollment and hiring of students and faculty of color. The movement sought to create a more inclusive and diverse curriculum and challenged systemic racism in academia. The sit-in conducted by the University of Minnesota students in 2015 was a similar form of direct action to demand greater diversity and inclusion in higher education, making A the best choice. The American Indian Movement, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and United Farm Workers were all important social and political movements, but they were not directly related to the protest at the University of Minnesota.

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