Du Bois wrote numerous books, and it is this enormous literary output on such a wide variety of themes which offers the most convincing testimony to Du Bois's lifetime position that it was vital for blacks to cultivate their own aesthetic and cultural values even as they made valuable strides toward social emancipation. In this he was opposed by Booker T. Washington, who felt that the black should concentrate on developing technical and mechanical skills before all else. What is the BEST meaning for the word cultivate as used in paragraph 3? to produce by culture
to prepare and raise crops
to improve oneself personally
to seek the acquaintance or friendship of a person

Which of these is an example of a compound sentence? a fast food isn't likely to be the best choice for a c. neither of these health-conscious consumer. b. gwen was taking three science courses this d. both of these semester, yet she was able to maintain straight a? s. select the best answer from the choices provided

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace