Read the excerpt from "We Are All Bound Up Together” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.In advocating the cause of the colored man, since the Dred Scott decision, I have sometimes said I thought the nation had touched bottom. But let me tell you there is a depth of infamy lower than that. It is when the nation, standing upon the threshold of a great peril, reached out its hands to a feebler race, and asked that race to help it, and when the peril was over, said, You are good enough for soldiers, but not good enough for citizens.
Answer
A
the danger faced by Black soldiers
B
the bravery of the Black soldiers
C
the unfairness of the way Black Americans are treated
D
the anger of Black Americans after they return from war
Explanation
Harper points out that the nation asked Black Americans to help during a crisis and accepted them as soldiers, but denied them the rights of citizens afterward. This contrast shows the unfairness of how Black Americans were treated. Choice C, “the unfairness of the way Black Americans are treated,” best captures her point.
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