What two symbolic "firsts" raised African Americans' expectations for better treatment and recognition in the United States after World War II?
A) Jackie Robinson winning baseball's Rookie of the Year award and Ralph Bunche receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
B) civil rights legislation and voluntary desegregation in Alabama
C) antilynching legislation and a civil rights division in the Justice Department
D) the election of Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and unions accepting blacks
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