Question

paradise for colored people when i first touched these shores it has been doing its level best ever since to make conditions for us intolerable. as a colored woman i might enter washington any night, a stranger in a strange land, and walk miles without finding a place to lay my head. the colored man alone is thrust out of the hotels of the national capital like a leper.
as a colored woman i may walk from the capitol to the white house, ravenously hungry and abundantly supplied with money with which to purchase a meal, without finding a single restaurant in which i would be permitted to take a morsel of food.
as a colored woman i may enter more than one white church in washington without receiving that welcome which as a human being i have the right to expect in the sanctuary of god....
and so i might go on citing instance after instance to show the variety of ways in which our people are sacrificed on the altar of prejudice in the capital of the united states and how almost insurmountable are the obstacles which block our path to success.
adapted from mary church terrell, \what it means to be colored in the capital of the u.s.\
based on the excerpt, what is the purpose of mary church terrells speech?
to elaborate on the problems african americans face when going to church
to suggest that a new name be given to the capital
to demonstrate the difficulties that african americans face in the capital
to persuade hotels to offer accommodations to african americans

Explanation:

The text describes various hardships faced by African - Americans in the capital (like no place to stay, no place to eat, no welcome in churches). The first option only focuses on the church problem. The second option about a new name for the capital is not mentioned. The fourth option only focuses on hotels. The third option encompasses all the difficulties (no place to stay, eat, lack of welcome in churches etc.) that African - Americans face in the capital as described in the text.

Answer:

to demonstrate the difficulties that African Americans face in the capital