How does Shirley Chisholm's speech to the House of Representatives in 1969 reflect black viewpoints about the Vietnam War by the late 1960s?
A) She was indifferent, as were most blacks to the impact of the war.
B) She praised the U.S. effort in Vietnam as socially uplifting to African Americans and the Vietnamese.
C) She lambasted the federal government for wasting human lives and taxpayer dollars on the war in Vietnam.
D) She ignored the Vietnam War entirely in her speech and focused on the domestic problems of President Carter.
Answer: C
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