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Quotation from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
“for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”
The Souls of Black Folk, The Forethought (Project Gutenberg text)
The opening statement of the book's subject, addressed to the Gentle Reader; the phrase returns at the start of Chapter II.
Citation: "for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line." — W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, The Forethought (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-souls-of-black-folk-q1)
Portrait: W.E.B. Du Bois by James E. Purdy, 1907 (cropped), James E. Purdy / Adam Cuerden, CC0.
