Mia is writing a literary argument about James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” This is her thesis: The poem conveys the idea that it is worth enduring hardships to gain freedom.

Which sentence best supports Mia’s claim?

A.
The text describes the “gloomy past,” but emphasizes freedom as “the white gleam of our bright star.”
B.
The text emphasizes that freedom should be sung as “high as the listening skies” and as “loud as the rolling sea.”
C.
Johnson describes the hardships with phrases such as “weary feet” and “gloomy past.”
D.
Johnson emphasizes the difficult journey toward freedom with the phrase “dark past.”