In the history of black people in the United States, a group of people called ________ were significant in their fugitive reaction to white oppression.

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The choice "outliers" best fits the description because it refers to the group of runaway slaves who chose to live independently outside of society's norms and laws. The other choices do not accurately describe this group's response to white oppression. Citizen councils were typically groups of white citizens who worked to maintain order in their communities, often through racist and discriminatory practices. Night riders were a term used to describe white supremacist groups who terrorized and oppressed black people in the Southern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the History of Black People in the United States