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.