Question

read the excerpt from \my first march.\ \hey, mama?\ i asked. \how can all these buses be going to the same place were going? ive never seen a building that could hold this many people.\ \well, were not going to a building,\ mama said. \were going to a march today. that means well be walking through the streets all over our nations capital.\ now read the excerpt from \2000 buses.\ two thousand buses, twenty - one chartered trains, ten special airlines, more cars than one could name a mass meeting they called it, the march for jobs and freedom equal access, equal justice, for all, and not just some what event do both excerpts describe? a vacation by bus a spring festival a civil rights rally an employment fair

Explanation:

In "My First March", the characters are going to a march in the nation's capital. In "2000 Buses", the event is the "March for Jobs and Freedom" with themes of equal access and justice, which are civil rights - related. A vacation by bus is incorrect as it's a march, not a vacation. A spring festival is not indicated. An employment fair doesn't match the march for civil rights themes. So the event is a civil rights rally.

Answer:

C. a civil rights rally