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Arna Bontemps's "A Summer Tragedy" attacks the institution of________________?
Correct answer: A. Sharecropping.
- A. Sharecropping.
- B. Slavery.
- C. Segregation.
- D. Prostitution.
Explanation
The story exposes how sharecropping kept Black farmers trapped in debt and poverty after emancipation. It is not primarily an attack on slavery itself, segregation, or prostitution.
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