In each list of paragraph sentences below, identify the topic sentence, a supporting explanation, and a supporting example.

  • Topic Sentence - T. Thomas Fortune used his journalistic talents to become an early civil rights leader.
  • Supporting Example - In 1883, Fortune founded the New York Age.
  • Supporting Explanation - This became a leading black journal of opinion in the United States.
  • Supporting Explanation - Fourtune was a forceful black journalist in the early 1900's.
  • Supporting Example - He coined the phrase "Afro-American," to be used instead of "Negro."
  • Supporting Example - He used his writing skill to attack the practice of separate schools for the races in New York City.