Read the excerpt from notes of a native son. a few hours after my father’s funeral, while he lay in state in the undertaker’s chapel, a race riot broke out in harlem. on the morning of the 3rd of august, we drove my father to the graveyard through a wilderness of smashed plate glass. baldwin places his father’s funeral in the historical context of the harlem race riots to show that racial prejudice in early 20th-century america

The correct answer is “was also a cause for mourning”.

Baldwin placed his father funeral in the historical context of the Harlem race riots to show that racial prejudice in early 20th century America was also a cause for mourning. In the excerpt, Baldwin writes that at the same time as his father’s funeral, a race riot broke out in Harlem.

James Baldwin wrote the Book “Notes on a Native Son”. It is a non-fiction story published in 1955. It refers to the story of his father, a dying man in the times of Jim Crow segregation. Baldwin writes about life under those segregation conditions in the South of the United States.  

The other options of the question were, a) was taking place during his lifetime, c) was interrupting an important family event, and d) was also coming to an end.

the correct answer to your question is c the factory goes out of business, causing the workers to lose their jobs.

explanation:

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