1. PART A: Which statement below best describes the central idea in "Pittsburgh,
1957: A Mecca of Black Culture and
Business Destroyed"?

no its not a run on sentence however i think you meant wet suits not sours also a run on sentence would be like surfers surf all winter long in southern california by using wet sours to keep them warm and the live their all year long  

the civil rights act was passed on april 9, 1866 by a republican dominated congress. it was passed over president johnson's veto, in an effort to push back against discrimination of african americans.