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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience

Question 3 • DBN LA 6-CR

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 should act now rather than postpone the struggle against injustice. He explains that waiting for a new mayor or for a more convenient moment would only delay the necessary work. Therefore, his claim is that now is the right time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham.

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