Answer: D) equal rights for African Americans.
Explanation: The given line from the poem "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes: "Tomorrow, I'll be at the table when company comes" we can see that the speaker is referring to him being able to sit in the same table as other people, this speaks about the fight for equal rights for African Americans, which was a theme that promoted social change in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century.
Answer: The second choice.
Explanation:
The simile implies that the two men are poorly kept and dirty from the use of "ragged." "Rags" is defined as "a torn piece of cloth worn from use" usually used to describe the state of someone who is not wealthy who doesn't have expensive or even decent clothes to wear.