With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". therein ...” 392 U.S., at 436, [88 S.Ct., at 2201]. One of the “rights enumerated” in § 1 is “the same right ... to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens_” 14 Stat. 27. Id. As a result, the Court concluded: Just as in Jones a Negro’s § 1 right to purchase property on equal terms with whites was violated when a private person refused to sell to [him] solely because he was a Negro, so also a Negro’s § 1 right to “make and enforce contracts” is violated if a private offeror refuses to extend to [him], solely because he is a Negro, the same opportunity to enter into contracts as he extends to white offerees. Id. 427 U.S. at 170-71, 96 S.Ct. at 2594. See also Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 421 U.S. 454, 459-60, 95 S.Ct. 1716, 1720, 44 L.Ed.2d 295 (1975) (<HOLDING>); Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Ass’n,

A: holding that section 1981 prohibits racial discrimination in private employment against whites as well as nonwhites
B: holding that title vii precludes a claim under section 1981 for racial discrimination against a federal employee
C: holding unequivocally that  1981 protects against racial discrimination in private employment
D: holding with little discussion that section 1981 applies to private racial discrimination
D.