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4 During World War II, Baker's career took a remarkable turn. She served in the French Air Force and became a spy. Because she was a famous entertainer, she could travel around Europe without raising suspicion. No one believed her to be anything but a performer. She was invited to attend and perform at parties given by powerful people who were enemies of France. She gathered important information and passed it on to the French in secret messages written in invisible ink on her sheet music.
5 In the 1950s, Baker returned to the United States to perform. She was a hit, but it angered her that some clubs had audiences that were separated by race. She refused to perform at those places. She spoke out publicly against the unfair way African Americans were treated. As a result, the American government took away her U.S. citizenship. Baker went back to her adopted home of France. However, she returned to the U.S. in 1963 to take part in a large civil rights march with Martin Luther King, Jr. She was the only woman to speak at this event. Wearing her French military uniform, she talked of the freedoms she enjoyed in France and her hope that African Americans would soon enjoy the same freedoms.
Based on clues in the text, what was most likely true about France in the 1950s?
All women in France were required to serve a term in the French military.
France was in the middle of a revolution to win freedoms for French people.
Performers in France spoke to each other using secret codes.
People in France were not separated based on the color of their skin.

Answer 1

People in France were not separated based on the color of their skin.

The passage says she spoke of the freedoms she enjoyed in France and hoped African Americans would soon enjoy the same freedoms, implying France did not practice racial segregation.