In 1954, Ethyl Payne asked President Eisenhower about segregation, the separation of white people and black people on buses. Eisenhower got mad His reaction was big news. The Washington Post said Payne had "annoyed " the president. "From that time on , civil rights was moved to the front burner," Payne said later. Everyone was talking about it. " Suddenly , civil rights began to be the big issue. Payne's question was ___

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Exit "families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on." this passage from the text best represents which of the following literary devices used by the author? a. the motif of racial prejudice b. the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the characters c. the motif of displacement and separation d. the theme of conflict between those leaving and those being left behind

Read the sentence from susan b. anthony's "on women's right to vote." hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against negroes. in this sentence, the author's tone is best described as

How does a wilted rose represent dark romanticism