Read the quotation from Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, recalling his childhood under Jim Crow. “Even on our way to school some days, men would come by and throw oranges at us, sometimes rock perhaps. We [also] were very much aware of police brutality in that city at that time. We were conscious of the Ku Klux Klan riding around the town to keep everybody in check.” In this quotation, Dr. Bronson is describing
Answer
A
how residents protected each other from the Ku Klux Klan and the police in the city in which he lived.
B
how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
C
conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city in which he lived.
D
intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens.
Explanation
Dr. Bronson recalls people throwing oranges and rocks at Black children, police brutality, and the Ku Klux Klan riding through town to intimidate people. These details describe intimidation, scare tactics, and violence directed at African Americans by both the police and the Klan. The quotation does not describe residents protecting one another or police protecting citizens from the Klan.
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