The movement for civil rights in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s
a. was strongly opposed by Malcolm X, a white political leader from Illinois.
b. created a "white backlash" which aided a national trend toward greater political conservatism.
c. received no governmental support until 1974.
d. energized Indian and black minorities, who together composed 34 percent of the population.
e. finally achieved the right to vote for all black American adults as a result of the Proclamation of 1953.
b
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