The Civil Rights Movement Begins Answers

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Which of the following best describes the initial reaction to Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color line in professional baseball?

He was welcomed enthusiastically nearly everywhere.

He received threats, abuse, and harsh treatment, even within his own team

It went without hardly any notice among other players and fans.

In 1950, the NAACP focused its legal efforts on which of the following items?

Ending segregation in public graduate and professional schools

Fighting to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson itself

Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment and the Due Process clause

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