The civil rights movement was a nonviolent campaign against racism that sought equality through integration and took place in the 1960s, while black nationalism was a more aggressive who sought equality through separation and took his place alongside the civil rights movement. It was necessary to determine whether, if I were around that time, I would support the civil rights movement or black nationalism. After careful examination of the evidence, I concluded that the civil rights movement was a better campaign to support than black nationalism because it was more likely to succeed. There are three reasons why the civil rights movement was more likely to succeed than black nationalism: it attracted sympathy, it attracted less opposition, and it led to understanding rather than separation. The civil rights movement was more likely to succeed because it attracted more sympathy than black nationalism. . The text says: “Police brutality has been broadcast to the nation through the media, particularly television, creating great sympathy for the movement in the north.” This basically means that the civil rights movement used clever broadcasts to introduce sympathy into the minds of Northern people. The text also says that “King and others used this sympathy to push for civil rights legislation.” This quote says that the sympathy generated by the above-mentioned broadcasts was used to promote civil rights legislation. This means that not only did the civil rights campaign elicit sympathy, but that sympathy was used to advance the civil rights campaign. Another reason why the civil rights movement was more likely to succeed is that it attracts less opposition than the civil rights movement. Almost all human beings... middle of the paper... nonviolent campaigns have had a 100% success rate; far superior to that of violent campaigns. Ultimately, the civil rights movement was a better movement to support because it was more likely to succeed. Specifically, it was more likely to succeed because it attracted sympathy, discouraged opposition, and sought understanding. Furthermore, the black nationalist movement was a worse choice because, even though violence had been more successful at that historical moment, nonviolence had still proven to be successful. This is why I believe the civil rights movement was a better campaign to support and, incidentally, also why I believe it deserved to win in the end. However, one must not forget that without seeing all the possible alternative realities that branch out from these two campaigns, no matter how much evidence is examined, it is impossible to truly answer the question in its entirety..