∗a veil between two souls, unreconciled and striving

Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unaske…

How does it feel to be a problem?

I was different from the others; or like, mayhap, in heart and life and …

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line,—t…

∗Du Bois writes with lyrical intensity about the psychological toll of racial exclusion, introducing the concept of "double-consciousness"—the painful experience of seeing oneself through the contemptuous gaze of others.

Essays exploring the psychological and social experience of Black Americans after slavery.