Read this passage:I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964Why does King bring up examples of violence in the United States at the beginning of his speech?A.To give examples of events that no longer happenB.To explain why he doesn't deserve the awardC.To ask the audience why violence is still happeningD.To show that the struggle for freedom is not over

I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964Why does King begin his Nobel Prize acceptance speech with examples of recent racial violence in the United States?A.To allow the committee to see all the work he has doneB.To show that the fight for freedom from oppression is not overC.To explain why he feels he must refuse to accept this awardD.To give the audience a chance to feel bad about the situationSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up.Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964Which rhetorical strategy is King using by repeating the phrase "I believe" in this passage?A.Rhetorical questions, to emphasize his pointB.Ethos, to provide evidence to support his argumentC.Logos, to establish his credibility as an expertD.Pathos, to engage the feelings of the audience

Some twelve thousand voters in the heretofore slave-state of Louisiana have sworn allegiance to the Union, assumed to be the rightful political power of the State, held elections, organized a State government, adopted a free-state constitution, and empowered the Legislature to confer the elective franchise upon the colored man. Now, if we reject, and spurn them, we do our utmost to disorganize and disperse them. We in effect say to the white men, "You are worthless, or worse -we will neither help you, nor be helped by you." To the blacks we say, "This cup of liberty which these, your old masters. hold to your lips, we will dash from you, and le.ave you to the chances of gathering the spilled and scattered contents in some vague and undefined when, where, and how."5In the text, what does the imagery of a cup of liberty mainly serve to emphasize?AThe generosity of the Union in giving freed slaves certain benefitsBThe advances made by the Union in protecting the rights of former slavesCThe unconscious way in which many people accept their freedomsDThe precarious nature of the freedoms granted to former slaves in Louisiana

The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.For most of modern American history, scholarship and popular thought have blamed the legacy of Southern slavery for the distressing persistence of racial inequality. And of course, slave owners and their descendants do possess a unique and lethal responsibility for racial suppression. But it is also the case that if no slaves ever existed in the South, Northern white theorists, religious leaders, intellectuals, writers, educators, politicians, and lawyers would have invented a lesser race (which is what happened) to build white democratic solidarity, and in that way make democratic culture and political institutions possible. In the United States the rights of man were “inevitably yoked to Africanism.” In other words, American democracy depended on Black inequality to sustain white equality.1)  American democracy's foundation on Black inequality, as suggested by the historical actions of Northern theorists and leaders alongside Southern slavery, underscores a systemic racial suppression to sustain white equality.2)  The persistence of racial inequality in modern America can solely be attributed to the Southern legacy of slavery, with other factors playing minimal roles in this systemic issue.3)  Northern white theorists and leaders would not have felt the need to create a lesser race if slavery had not existed in the South, suggesting racial inequality solely stemmed from Southern practices.4)  The rights of man in the United States were based on a democratic ideal that valued equality for all races, showing a unanimous effort to uphold racial justice throughout history.

What does W.E.B. DuBois' experience in Atlanta show you about the injustice of Jim Crow era segregation laws?