Color Line Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

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• The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. — W. E. B. Du Bois
• There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.… — Langston Hughes
• In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely… — George Washington Carver
• The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races… — W. E. B. Du Bois
• When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for… — Kurt Schwitters
• Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in… — Langston Hughes
• The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences… — Dr. John
• We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color… — Langston Hughes
• What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues… — Walter Dean Myers
• There is no color line in death. — Langston Hughes

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