In 1903, African American scholar and reformer W. DuBois wrote:

1. In 1903, African American scholar and reformer W.E.B. DuBois wrote: "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea." Looking at U.S history in the decades from 1900 to 1945, would you agree or disagree with this statement, and why?