It was something that was very, very much a part of me. I really, really believed in the Movement,” she said. “[W]hen we would l
eave out of the meeting, it was just like we needed to do something right then.” They soon figured out what they could do. In addition to attending the weekday mass meetings, they would participate in Saturday-morning training sessions where young activists were taught the two fundamental precepts of the civil rights movement.
—We’ve Got a Job,
Cynthia Levinson
What is the purpose of the quotation in the first paragraph?
A) to present a first-person memory of the Movement
B) to present details about the Movement
C) to present expert opinions about the Movement
D) to present historical judgments about the Movement
