How Did Democrat John F

How did Democrat John F. Kennedy's and Republican Richard Nixon's positions on civil rights reverse themselves during their campaigns in the 1960 election?

A) Kennedy, who had formerly taken no part in congressional battles over civil rights, praised the sit-ins, while Nixon tried to minimize his identification with the civil rights movement largely supported in the Republican Party platform.
B) Antisegregationist Kennedy signed the Southern Manifesto that opposed racial integration in public places, while pro-segregationist Nixon called for strong civil rights support in the Republican Party's platform.
C) Kennedy changed his position on poll taxes and supported them to limit African American voter participation, while Nixon temporarily put aside his racist inclinations to call for greater federal government involvement in protecting African American voting rights.
D) Kennedy denounced Martin Luther King Jr. as a troublemaker, while Nixon lobbied the federal government to have him freed from an Atlanta jail.