Which Statement Best Describes How the White South Reacted to the Brown

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes how the white South reacted to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• A) In opposition to integration, white southerners often burned down schools.
• B) While the general public was outraged, southern congressional politicians supported the Supreme Court's decisions.
• C) Southerners worked closely with the NAACP, cooperating when they could to integrate schools.
• D) Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools.

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