According to "the negro artist and the racial mountain," hughes believes that young african american artists should

a. cultivate public images that reflect mainstream society.
b. create art that is truthful and representative of their inner selves.
c. focus on themes and topics that are accessible to a select few.
d. base their art on the beliefs of the general public.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia