The statement that best describes the response of authorities in Birmingham and Alabama to the civil rights protests was that they sometimes used violence to resist the protests.
What is the civil rights protests of 1960s?
In the 190s, the civil rights protest was a social protest aimed at getting social justice for the Black Americans to gain freedom and human right as the Whites.
Therefore, the Option A is correct.
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