Why Did Many Blacks and Civil Rights Organizations Protest Reagan's

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Multiple Choice

Why did many blacks and civil rights organizations protest Reagan's appointment of William Bell to lead the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?

• A) Bell was a conservative black man, and had very few qualifications.
• B) Bell was well known as a racist white senator from Alabama.
• C) Bell was an established politician with a reputation for corruption and dishonesty.
• D) Bell was white and most of the people who headed the EEOC were black.

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