Kennedy secured the African American vote in the 1960 presidential election by __________
A) promising to defend African nations from communism
B) promising to appoint an African American as his running mate
C) supporting the release of Martin Luther King, Jr. from jail
D) publicly criticizing southern Democrats who supported segregation
E) being a close personal friend of Stokely Carmichael
Answer: C
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