Which of these Transcendentalist writings had the most direct influence on African American activists in the 1950s and 1960s?

"Ambition"
"Orphic Sayings"
"Woman in the Nineteenth Century"
"Two Rivers"

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The Transcendentalist writing that had the most direct influence on African American activists in the 1950s and 1960s is "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" by Margaret Fuller. Fuller's work addressed themes of gender equality and social reform, aligning with the broader civil rights and feminist movements of the time. Her ideas about individual rights and the importance of self-reliance resonated with activists advocating for both racial and gender equality.