Answer:
A. In the past
Explanation: Every prepositional phrase is a series of words consisting of a preposition and its object.
The option best explains this excerpt's role in the problem-and-solution structure of the passage is A. The excerpt presents the solution to the overarching problem in the passage. Problem and solution is a pattern of the organization expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue and something that was done to remedy this issue or attempted solutions. Notes of a Native Son is a non-fiction book by James Baldwin. It was his first non-fiction book and was published in 1955.
The answer is number two I