Read the excerpt from "Elegy for the Native Guards.”The Daughters of the Confederacy has placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance—each Confederate soldier’s name raised hardin bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards—2nd Regiment, Union men, black phalanx.What is monument to their legacy?"Native Guard" from Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2006 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Answer
A
History tries to remember all people equally.
B
The oppression of people can last far beyond their deaths.
C
It is our responsibility to search for artifacts from history.
D
It is easier to forget about the past than to think about it.
Explanation
The plaque honors Confederate soldiers by listing their names, but it leaves out the Black Union soldiers known as the Native Guards. That contrast shows how the Native Guards’ contributions were erased from public memory. Their exclusion from the monument suggests that oppression and injustice can continue long after people have died, so B is correct.
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