The author's purpose for including this paragraph is to explain the resistance that Branch Rickey willingly took on in an effort to being the process of ending segregation in Major League Baseball. This paragraph serves to explain that there were people off the field who also helped revolutionize the game.
" The soil became extremely dry, and when the strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms"
"in some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years"
I think it is<span>
D. expository
Sorry if it is wrong.</span>
