The gains in combating racial discrimination in the housing market achieved by the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were undermined somewhat by

a. "Jim Crow" laws, which remained legally in force throughout much of the South.
b. the court-ordered busing of white students into African American neighborhoods to attend school.
c. racist practices in the real estate market such as blockbusting and redlining, which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.
d. the involvement of organized crime syndicates in controlling real estate prices in neighborhoods designated for racial integration.
e. the fact that President John
F. Kennedy had been unable to convince the Senate to pass the Act in its original form, prior to his assassination.

Answer: c. racist practices in the real estate market such as blockbusting and redlining, which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.