Why did Strom Thurmond begin to change with the times as various civil rights laws were passed?
A filibuster by Thurmond's Democratic colleagues convinced him that the time
to change had come.
The economic power of African Americans and their influence on the state's
economy swayed Thurmond.
O A personal appeal by leaders of the movement for civil rights transformed
Thurmond's stance.
African Americans' ability to exercise their right to vote in South Carolina led to
Thurmond's change.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”