The "problem with the color-line" is one of the many things that Du Bois brings to our attention in these essays. ... Through other historical accounts, Du Bois relates to the reader the situation that the black sharecropper had to endure. ... Du Bois covers most of this in essay VII and VIII, through an account of one of his many travels. ... Du Bois completely disagreed with this approach. ... From the moment Du Bois published his collection of essays, many ideas and ways of thought became challenged. ...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Du Bois. ... He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of White Americanism" (Du Bois 207). Du Bois was saying that he wanted the best of both worlds. ... Du Bois called upon his fellow African Americans to come together and rather then work single handedly. There were many skeptics of Du Bois" ideas and thoughts. ...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Du Bois, wanted to challenge segregation through political action. ... Many of Du Bois theories were in response to the writings of Booker T. ... Du Bois disagreed. ... Du Bois had a very different plan than for the struggle for black equality. Du Bois felt that the black leadership of the time, which was mainly Washington. ...

• Word Count: 1390
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both of them employ apocalyptic language, with Du Bois displaying it explicitly and Delany implicitly. ... For Julia, Jim is an unknowable stranger who is "alien in blood and culture " (Du Bois 8). ... Furthermore, Du Bois suggests that Jim's unknowability to Julia is just due to his race, a race that is different than her own. ... In this sense, Delany and Du Bois highlight similar situations and demand similar changes in real-world society. ... Du Bois indicates later in the text that the alienation Jim experiences results from racism. ...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

De Bois, and Ida B. ... Du Bois earned a PhD. from Harvard and traveled abroad. ... Du Bois focused on the education of blacks. ... In his "Niagara Address", Du Bois demands, "We want the laws enforced against the rich as well as poor; against white as well as black. ... These incredibly powerful words give Du Bois stance that the political aspects of finding freedom overshadow the economical opinions of Washington. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Burghardt Du Bois states that "when Lincoln emancipated the slaves" many of the uneducated slaves were left with "No jobs, No homes, No education" (para.1) They were basically homeless and they had nothing. ... The one negative thing about the Bureau is "they failed to establish good will between ex-masters and freedmen" (para.6) Similar to Du Bois, Emerson states that "when Lincoln was running for president he at first just wanted to contain the institution of slavery, not abolish it" (para.1) Both authors used ethos to describe how the situation was ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3

Du Bois dissented strongly from Washington's passive waiting (717). Du Bois pushed for "the same intellectual opportunities open to whites" to be open to blacks; he also declared "blacks must actively resist all forms of racial discrimination (717)." ... Du Bois and Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 3013
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Black Americans, like oppressed groups elsewhere, have rarely accepted the subordinate position forced upon them by the larger white society. American racism and exploitation have generated black protest. Social scientists have documented the rebellious spirit and acts of protest by blacks as they l...

• Word Count: 1967
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Equality can be defined as when a specific society or isolated group has identical status in political and social respects; these three factors are most important when judging equality as they have the most impact upon people's lives. Langston Hughes boldly states that "African Americans' lives became significantly better because their lives were changed socially and politically, giving them more opportunities." I believe this to be a broad statement, only accurate when looking at the very end of the period; it is not correct when considering the immediate effects of the Em...

• Word Count: 3529
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate