W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk–Chapter 2 Overview

May 12th, 2017 | 9 min read

One of the main points Du Bois is developing throughout his book is that, to quote him directly, “the defining problem of the 20th century [was] the color line.”

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk–Chapter 2 Overview

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