Question

What is the purpose of the sentence "These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts" in the following paragraph?

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: (1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; (2) Negotiation; (3) Self-purification; and (4) Direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this

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country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts. On the basis of these conditions Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation.

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A) to communicate the claim of the paragraph
B) to transition to a new idea and establish a different tone
C) to summarize the ideas that came before the sentence
D) to show how ideas in the paragraph are connected

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@dan815

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@ganeshie8

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@Koikkara

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@flashp What kind of maths is this ?... i feel like to communicate the claim of the paragraph

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This is English

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How positive are you on that answer?

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me... as +ve as my Blood Group B+ve..

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Lol what? I don't understand

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which means B=ve = Be positive. lol

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Lol

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I have to give you a medal that was too funny

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Nice to Meet you !

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It was wrong but you still cool

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the answer was D...

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forgot to mention answer.. lol