3) Why did public support for the Civil Rights Movement eventually begin to decline?
A) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968 were both declared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court.
B) The federal government no longer had the political will to fund existing social programs
encouraging racial integration.
C) News coverage of race riots and the militancy of the Black Panthers caused a backlash
among white supporters of the Civil Rights Movement.
D) Advocates had publicly declared that the initial goals of the Civil Rights Movement had
been achieved.
Martin Luther King