PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? Despite the violence civil rights activists endured, the sit-in movement influenced desegregation and inspired other protests. B Civil rights activists did not believe the sit-in movement would reverse segregation, but they wanted to draw nationwide attention to racial prejudice in the South. C Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And other civil rights activists used nonviolent means of resistance, they were considered weak by white racists. D The sit-in movement was a brave attempt to end segregation in the South, but it was not as effective as the freedom rider