Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Almost everyone knew that, card-carrying members or not, the Klan literally got away with murder, with the tacit permission and sometimes encouragement of Connor. And there were lots of Klansmen in town to carry out these despicable crimes: most of the 11,000 members of the KKK in Alabama lived in the Birmingham area.How does this excerpt help readers make a connection to world events?
Answer
A
by offering statistics about the population of Birmingham
B
by offering opinions about the frustrations of law-abiding citizens
C
by offering details about Southern resistance to ending segregation
D
by offering facts about a black family’s struggle to survive
Explanation
The excerpt describes the Ku Klux Klan committing murders with little interference and notes that many Klan members lived near Birmingham. These details show the violent resistance to ending segregation in the South, connecting the passage to the broader civil rights struggle. The Klan membership figure is not simply a statistic about Birmingham’s population; it highlights the strength of that resistance.
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