1. RI.2: Which sentence from "Why We Can't Wait" best summarizes the central idea of the text?
A. What is implied is the amazing assumption that society has the right to bargain with
the Negro for freedom which inherently belongs to him.
B. The time has come for our nation to take that firm stride into freedom-not simply
toward freedom—which will pay a long overdue debt to its citizens of color.
C. Special measures are needed to handle the issue because we have come to a new
stage in the development of our nation and of one in 10 of its people.
D. Negroes must not only have the right to go into any establishment open to the public
but they must also be absorbed into our economic system in such a manner that they
can afford to exercise the right.