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orth; (4) the early victories of black leaders in legal battles, culminating in the 1954 school desegregation decision of the Supreme Court; and (5) the organization of a mass movement for civil rights and the enactment of civil rights laws in the 1960s.

(b) According to Ransford, "the Civil Rights movement had its birth and most consistent support in the black middle class rather than the

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