Resistance to African American civil rights existed across the country, but it was especially strong in Southern states where ma
ny African Americans had fewer economic opportunities and worked in the sharecropping system. What does this reveal about the resistance to civil rights?
Select one:
A. It was grounded in social, rather than political, norms.
B. It was grounded in economic fears of a shrinking workforce.
C. It was grounded in ingrained racism from slavery and Reconstruction
D. It was grounded in resistance from African Americans who sought to preserve their jobs.
