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  3. Some historians question the widely held belief that continually improving education led to gradual African American empowerment

Some historians question the widely held belief that continually improving education led to gradual African American empowerment

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问题 Some historians question the widely held belief that continually improving education led to gradual African American empowerment in the southern United States from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. They note that the development of Black educational institutions in the segregated South was never rapid or steady: disparities between Black and White schools sometimes grew in the early decades of the twentieth century. And African Americans’ educational gains did not bring commensurate economic gains. Starting in the 1940s, even as Black and White schools in the South moved steadily toward equality, Black southerners remained politically marginalized and experienced systematic job discrimination. Although Black schools had achieved near parity with White schools in per capita spending and teachers’ salaries by 1965, African Americans’ income still lagged behind that of Whites. Nonetheless, educational progress did contribute toward economic and political empowerment. African Americans’ campaigns to support Black schools fostered a sense of community, nurtured political determination, and often increased literacy. More significantly, politically outspoken Black newspapers achieved record circulation during the 1940s, just as the literacy rate among African Americans approached 90 percent. Finally, the leadership of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s was composed largely of graduates of Black colleges.
The author of the passage refers to the fact that “disparities between Black and White schools sometimes grew in the early decades of the twentieth century” most likely in order to
选项 A、support the argument that the economic struggles of southern Blacks were largely due to educational inequalities
B、give an example of the differences between Black schools in the early part of the twentieth century and Black schools starting in the 1940s
C、illustrate the unevenness of the progress made by Black schools in the southern United States
D、help explain why Black remained politically marginalized and experienced systematic job discrimination in the segregated South
E、provide evidence that educational progress was a precondition for economic progress in the segregated South
答案C
解析 本题为句子功能题，正确答案是定位处的3s版本。本题定位点在第二句，3s版本是黑人学校和白人学校之间发展差异大。因此C正确。
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