Read the excerpt from an 1868 speech to the Georgia state legislature. Then answer the question that follows. "I hold that I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg them for my rights. Some . . . in the course of their remarks, took occasion to appeal to the sympathies of members on the opposite side. . . . I am here to demand my rights and to hurl thunderbolts at the men who would dare to cross the threshold of my manhood."

Which individual MOST LIKELY delivered this speech?

Group of answer choices

Alexander Stephens

Booker T. Washington

W. E.B. Du Bois

Henry McNeal Turner