What Were According to W

question 11

Essay

What were according to W.E.B. DuBois some of the obstacles that blocked economic success for blacks after Emancipation? Are there lingering effects from that era that still impact people today? How so? How does this group fare economically today and why?

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Definitions:

Belgian Frontier

The international border of Belgium with its neighboring countries, which has been a strategic and economic consideration throughout history.

Mersel-Kébir

A naval engagement off the coast of Algeria in 1940, where the British Royal Navy attacked French Navy ships to prevent them from potentially falling into German hands during World War II.

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain was a British prime minister best known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Adolf Hitler's Germany in the lead-up to World War II.