The local color movement emphasized:

(Will upvote)

A) cultural diversity.

B) cultural uniformity.

C) cultural clashes.

D) cultural revolution.

The local color movement in the US emphasized A) cultural diversity. This genre of literature was prevalent just after the Civil War, when the country was on it path towards nationalism and urbanization. The South wanted to "preserve" parts of its regional and cultural identity, reminiscing on how the South would have been if it weren't for the Civil War. It must be noted that most local color literature is a combination of romanticism and realism.