The major force behind the most progressive social change in race relations in the United States was
A. an upturn is the economy during the 1960s and 1970s.
B. the civil rights movement.
C. the end of the “Cold War.”
D. the “Bakke decision” ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Answer: B
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