Question

3. With which answer choice would Suetta Freeman MOST LIKELY agree? Which sentence from the article supports your answer?

a. Black students in Warren County still face discrimination and prejudice at school; "After a bitter battle, on February 18, 1959, 21 black students walked up a grassy hill to the school, past hecklers and policemen."
b. Donald Trump has made racism and prejudice more common since he was elected president; "'Since the president is in office — I'll say it — it's worse,' she said."
c. Local civil rights history is important because it empowers students to stand up against injustice; "'They need to know more about why they might need to take a stand like we did,' Freeman said."
d. Students need to learn about both national civil rights history and their local history; "'Virginia curriculum for students discusses the civil rights era as one of the things that define what brings our country into the modern era,' he said."

Answer 1

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Remembering Massive Resistance: Black students who integrated a Va. high school recall their role in history.

By Tara Bahrampour

Answer:

c. Local civil rights history is important because it empowers students to stand up against injustice; "'They need to know more about why they might need to take a stand like we did,' Freeman said."

Step-by-step explanation:

Only option c. correctly states the main idea of Freeman´s ideas, which is the importance of learning about local civil rights history to empower students. The best evidence of that idea is her reference to students learning about her and her classmates' stories.

Option a. presents a sentence about discrimination in the present that is not supported by the provided quote about how it was in the past.

Option b. offers a quote by Banks, not Freeman.

Option d. offers a quote by Logan, not Freeman.