Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. The next day, in the Sunday paper, I saw a pitiful closeup photograph of Elizabeth, wa
lking alone in front of Central on that first day of integration. It pained my insides to see, once again, the twisted, scowling white faces with open mouths jeering, clustered about my friend's head like bouquets of grotesque flowers. It was an ad paid for by a white man from a small town in Arkansas. "If you live in Arkansas," the ad read, "study this picture and know shame. When hate is unleashed and bigotry finds a voice, God help us all." I felt a kind of joy and hope in the thought that one white man was willing to use his own money to call attention to the injustice we were facing. Maybe the picture would help others realize that what they were doing was hurting everybody. What is the central idea of the excerpt? There is cruelty in the adult world that children do not witness. The kids integrating schools have achieved national fame in the media. The kids integrating schools are holding interviews to explain their mission. There is sympathy and support for the children struggling to integrate schools.
I believe the correct answer is the last one - <span>There is sympathy and support for the children struggling to integrate schools. The author is talking about an ad that a white man paid to be made so as to show people how cruel and inhumane they are to those people of a different skin color. He wanted to show his gratitude and surprise about how there are still people who want to fight for equality and who want to give every child an opportunity to have an education. </span>
