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| Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century. This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line. |
W.E.B.
Du Bois |
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| The Souls of Black Folk |
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| W.E.B. Du Bois |
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W.E.B. Du Bois said, on the launch of his
groundbreaking 1903 treatise The Souls of Black Folk, “
for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of
the color-line”—a prescient statement. Setting out to show
to the reader “the strange meaning of being black here in t
he dawning of the Twentieth Century,” Du Bois explains the
meaning of the emancipation, and its effect, and his views
on the role of the leaders of his race. |
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