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Problem

Jackie Ormes’s Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem (1937–38) was the first comic strip by a Black woman to appear in a widely read newspaper. The strip tells the story of Torchy, a young woman who leaves Mississippi to become a performer in New York City. Torchy’s story reflects the experience of the Great Migration (1910–1970), when millions of Black Americans left the South in search of opportunities in other parts of the United States. Torchy Brown thus shows how Ormes used comics to comment humorously on issues affecting Black Americans,

Which she continued to do throughout her career. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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Clue

The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.

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Sumup

Please summarize Problem, Hint, Clue

Choices

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Choice-A

Choice A is incorrect. The text never mentions other Black women comic strip writers.

Wrong To show how Ormes’s Torchy Brown inspired other Black women to write comic strips in the 1930s

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Choice-B

Choice B is incorrect. The text never mentions any changes in the subjects Ormes addressed.

Wrong To illustrate how the subjects Ormes addressed in her comic strips changed over the course of her career

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Choice-C

Choice C is the best answer. The text describes how Torchy Brown depicted the experiences of a young Black woman experiencing America’s Great Migration. It further states that Ormes continued to use comics throughout her career to humorously comment on important issues impacting Black Americans

Correct To give an example of how Ormes presented the experiences of Black Americans in her comic strips

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Choice-D

Choice D is incorrect. The text never mentions the inspiration for characters in Torchy Brown

Wrong To claim that several characters in Torchy Brown were based on people that Ormes knew personally

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Answer

Option

C

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Sumup

Please summarize choices