Answer:
i think you have to read the story first
The North and Midwest drew many African Americans out of the South with promises of industrial jobs and a more racially tolerant environment. That is why hundreds of thousands of African Americans relocated to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York.
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Answer: I would like to go with A and "During sixteen long months this assault has blotted out the whole pattern of democratic life" this statement also supports A.
The narrator is part of the Usher family and is the last of that family.