Question

as langston stands in front of the library in chicago, he thinks back a few years to a time he and his dad saw a library in alabama. once, when daddy let me go into town with him one saturday to get supplies for our planting, we passed a building with a sign above the door that said library. i was just learning my letters and figured i knew just about every word ever invented, but that word i’d never seen. daddy told me the word but said it was a building for white folks, and that meant i couldn’t go in. didn’t look like nothing to me but a small little house, painted bright white, two windows in front. other than that, i would have passed on by not noticing.... why didn’t langston know the word \library\ in the early 1940s? learn more. in alabama in the early 1940s, langston passed by a library. why didn’t he go in? because black people were not allowed to go inside back then; because he was in a hurry to get to wabash avenue; because daddy told him it was really someone’s house

Explanation:

To determine why Langston didn't go into the library in Alabama in the early 1940s, we analyze the text. The passage states "Daddy told me the word but said it was a building for white folks, and that meant I couldn't go in." This shows racial segregation was the reason, matching the first option. The second option about being in a hurry to get to Wabash Avenue is not supported (the story is about Alabama, not Wabash Avenue context here). The third option is incorrect as Daddy said it was a library for white folks, not someone's house.

Answer:

A. Because Black people were not allowed to go inside back then