The is the oldest and largest of the african american groups that have fought for equality at the polls, in housing, on the job, in education, and in other facets of american life.

answer

explanation

the given equation is

we can rewrite this as:

let

then the equation becomes:

the factors of 8 that sum up to -9 are {-1,-8}

we split the middle term with these factors to obtain,

we factor by grouping to obtain:

apply the zero product property to get:

but