What Did W

question 49

Multiple Choice

What did W.. E. B. Du Bois mean when he said that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line"?

• A) The long-standing racist thinking and behavior of white Americans would take hard work to overcome.
• B) With the passing of white people who had living memories of slavery, racism would fade away.
• C) If enough African Americans lived lives that white people would call "successful," then white people would eventually accept them as equal.
• D) As Americans became more economically interdependent, especially as more people moved from rural to urban areas and left farming behind, they would prioritize economic solidarity over racial exclusivity.

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