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In the 1930's and 1940's, African American industrial workers in the southern United States, who constituted 80 percent of the unskilled factory labor force there, strongly supported unionization. While the American Federation of Labor (AFL) either excluded African Americans or maintained racially segregated unions, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) organized integrated unions nationwide on the basis of a stated policy of equal rights for all, and African American unionists provided the CIO's backbone. Yet it can be argued that through contracts negotiated and enforced by White union members, unions—CIO unions not excluded—were often instrumental in maintaining the occupational segregation and other forms of racial discrimination that kept African Americans socially and economically oppressed during this period. However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination. The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid off: many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers. African American unionists thus succeeded in strengthening the unions while using them as instruments of African Americans' economic empowerment.
According to the passage, which of the following was true of many racist White unionists during the period discussed in the passage?
Their attitudes toward African American union organizers changed once they recognized that the activities of these organizers were serving workers' interests.
They were a powerful element in the southern labor movement because they constituted the majority of the unskilled factory labor force in the southern United States.
They persisted in opposing the CIO's adoption of a stated policy of equal rights for all.
Their primary goal was to strengthen the negotiating power of the unions through increasing White union membership.
Their advocacy of racial discrimination hampered unions in their efforts to gain more power for workers.
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答案：A
解释：本文指出，尽管一些白人工会成员容忍或支持种族歧视，但非洲裔美国工会成员坚持不懈地努力，通过为白人和非洲裔美国工人赢得胜利而获得尊重，让许多种族主义的白人工会成员的态度发生了变化。因此，A 选项是正确的。
The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid off: many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers.
太细节了..定位词：racist White unionists
The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid off: many became highly effective organizers, "gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers. "
太细节了。
However, recognizing employers' power over workers as a central factor in African Americans' economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists' toleration of or support for racial discrimination.
错选了E
虽然提到了racial discrimination，但是没说hamper了
gain the respect of获得。。。的尊重
many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers.
many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers.
The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid off: many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as African American workers.