W. E. B. DuBois's Exhibit of American Negroes

“An important snapshot of life for black Americans at the beginning of the twentieth century” from the editor of  The Illustrated Souls of Black Folk  ( Booklist ).   “The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” This quote is among the most prophetic in American history. It was written by W. E. B. DuBois for the Exhibition of American Negroes displayed at the 1900 Paris Exposition. They are words whose force echoed throughout the Twentieth Century. &nbs