The 'Silent Protest Parade' of 1917 was a response to:
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Correct answer: The East St. Louis race riot and ongoing lynchings
Organized by the NAACP, nearly 10,000 African Americans marched silently down Fifth Avenue in New York. It was one of the first mass public demonstrations against racial violence and a precursor to the civil rights activism of the 1920s.
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