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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience

Question 4 • CR-ALLPS-English 11 B

What is King’s claim in this passage?

Answer
A
Now is the right time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham.
B
The new mayor will be more open to negotiations than the previous mayor.
C
All city administrators are more or less the same.
D
Civil rights activists should have waited for the election of a new mayor before taking action.

Explanation

King argues that civil rights activists cannot keep waiting for a more convenient moment to address injustice. He says that now is the time to act against racial injustice in Birmingham, making choice A the best answer. The choices about the new mayor and waiting for an election do not express his central claim.

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