In 1885, Chinese-born California resident Mary Tape became a hero of the Asian American civil rights movement. In January of that year, she won an anti discrimination case in the California Supreme Court. ______in April, she wrote an open letter criticizing her local board of education for discrimination. Both actions are remembered today as historic stands against racism.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Explanation
Context: The passage says Mary Tape became a hero of the Asian American civil rights movement in 1885, winning an antidiscrimination case in the California Supreme Court that January. The blank introduces the open letter she wrote in April criticizing her local board of education.
Answer: A) Later,
Why? April follows January, and the closing line calls both events actions remembered today, so the sentence is advancing a timeline of two separate stands within one year.
Traps:
- B) "For instance," would make the April letter an illustration of the January court victory, when it is a second action of a different kind.
- C) "In other words," restates the previous sentence, and a letter to a school board is a distinct event, not a rewording of a court ruling.
- D) "Rather," corrects or replaces what came before, yet the passage keeps both actions on the record.