What Was the Most Common Result of the Efforts of Malcolm

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was the most common result of the efforts of Malcolm Ross and the Committee on Fair Employment Practice to end discrimination?

• A) resistance by whites, especially in the South, to desegregation
• B) improvement to blacks' situation in labor across the South
• C) worsening conditions for blacks, as the South began to fire blacks so they would not have to deal with Ross
• D) many in the South abandoning the idea of segregation in employment

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