How do these two passages differ in structure and content? A) The first passage is a speech made by a Southern white man, while the second is a biographical sketch of one of American's greatest African-American thinkers.
B) The first passage presents a critique of Henry Grady's ideas for the South's future, while the second passage quotes a speech by Frederick Douglass on healing the South.
C) The first passage demonstrates the extreme racism of white people in the South post-civil war, while the second passage shows the effects of slavery upon African-Americans.
D) The first passage is a biographical sketch of a white man trying to heal the broken South, while the second passage is a speech from a black man's perspective advocating for healing as well.

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PAIRED PASSAGES: Henry W. Grady & Reconstruction
Celestine Sibley & Frederick Douglass

"Henry W. Grady"
By: Celestine Sibley
from Peachtree Street, USA

"Reconstruction"
By: Frederick Douglass
from Atlantic Monthly 18 (1866): 761-765