Answer:
The historic event Jackie Robinson is referring to is:
Option C: Governor Faubus’s calling of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School, despite the US Supreme Court’s ruling against segregation
Explanation:
The 'Brown vs. Board of Education' made a rule that public schools would be integrated and there would be no segregation made between the whites and blacks in the school. In case it is done, it would be against law. But the governor of 'Arkansas', Governor Faubus, was against this law and he stopped nine African American students to enter Little Rock Central High School.
Jackie Robinson wrote a letter to President Eisenhower urging that he should take quick action and protect the rights of those nine African American students. President's intervention was important in preventing their rights.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
presents facts and evidence to convince the readers to rescue Sequoia
Answer:
It shows the feeling of pride in her family and culture.
Explanation:
Sonia Maria Sotomayor was the first Latina Justice of the US Supreme Court. Her speech "A Latina Judge's Voice" reveals her life and struggles that she'd gone through to become who she is today.
In the given excerpt from her speech, she talks of her immigrant parents, and how grateful she was for the upbringing her parents gave her and her brother. She also proudly declared <em>"The story of that success is what made me and what makes me the Latina that I am. The Latina side of my identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions."</em> By emphasizing her <em>"Latina"</em> blood and heritage, Justice Sotomayor <u>expressed her deep feeling of pride in her family's background and culture.</u>
Answer:
B. “Many demons called Tang men John because, they insisted, they never could get the hang of our real names.”
Explanation:
Many people think it's A but it's not. Indirect characterization is when you find out something because of someone's dialouge or actions. A directly tells you charecteristics about the demons with adjectives. So it's B
Answer: A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.
Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.
