Elijah Muhammad, a leader of the Nation of Islam, believed that African Americans should assert themselves against white power. segregation was detrimental to achieving black power. integration was the answer to achieving racial equality. nonviolent resistance was the only type of effective protest.

The Nation of Islam was generally quite verbally aggressive and was not insisting on the peacefull cooperation between the Black and other communities. Instead, it was supporting the strength of the Black Muslims.

So from the options, the best is:

African Americans should assert themselves against white power.