Question

1. which excerpt indicates a concession, or an acknowledgment of a valid opposing point, made by the author?

a. in each instance, they had been denied admission to schools attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. (paragraph 2)
b. there are findings below that the negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other tangible factors. (paragraph 4)
c. today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. (paragraph 6)
d. we conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of separate but equal has no place. (paragraph 9)

Explanation:

A concession acknowledges a valid opposing point. Option B acknowledges that segregated schools had been equalized in tangible factors (a point that could support the "separate but equal" doctrine, the opposing side to the author's eventual conclusion that separate but equal has no place). The other options either state facts of segregation (A), state the importance of education (C), or present the author's final conclusion (D), not concessions.

Answer:

B. There are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors. (paragraph 4)