Read the excerpt, and highlight clues that you identify the central idea. "we have a right to go to that school, and i'm certain our governor, who was elected to govern all the people, will decide to do what is just." i felt myself speak aloud before i was ready. who said that? it sounded like me, but the words . . where had they come from? the white reporters wrote my words down and behaved as if what i said was very important. pride welled up inside me, and for the first time, i knew that working for integration was the right thing for me to be doing. –warriors don’t cry, melba pattillo beals what is the central idea of this passage?

The central idea is working for the integration of black and white students in the U.S schools.

Explanation:

These are the clues from the text that lead to the central idea: "...have a right to go to that school" ; "The white reporters wrote my words down.."; "... behaved as if what I said was very important.." ; and  "Pride welled up ". The text is an excerpt from the play " Warriors Don’t Cry" and one of the themes of the play is the prominence of race relationships.

the struggle to end racial segregation

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.