Explanation:
As per the question, the author's key purpose of including this paragraph include 'to inform the reader about the location' and 'to entertain the readers by showing how dramatic the situation is.
<span>African Americans didn't request the privilege to vote at that time did not fully understand their rights and did not make any moves or even campaign to be allowed that right as citizens of the united states of America.
Also, The number of African Americans were more than the White people, if they really vote, and their elected representatives win most senate or other such positions the white people will have less impact in the affairs of the government.</span><span />
The final option, that "Most children were unable to attend school or receive an education."
It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers.