How did w. e.b. dubois, founding member of the naacp, influence langston hughes? select all that apply.
-dubois, editor of the crisis, published hughes's first poem.
-dubois asked hughes to respond to schuyler's essay criticizing negro art.
-dubois hired hughes to write a weekly column for the crisis.
-dubois provided a large endowment to finance hughes's career.

W. E. B. DuBois was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author, writer and editor. He was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as a proponent of Pan-Africanism. He strongly protested against lynching and Jim Crow laws. He was a prolific author and editor of the NAACP's journal The Crisis.

Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist and columnist. He was an innovator in jazz poetry and is known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

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the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.