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By Wilbur H. Watson. 198 pp. New Brunswick, N.J., Transaction, 1999. $34.95. ISBN 1-56000-3767-6.

One hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois predicted that the 20th century would be "the century of the color line." Made at a time when a rash of Jim Crow legislation established the legal foundation of segregation throughout the United States, Du Bois's prediction of the effect of that legislation was more understatement than overstatement. At the dawn of the 21st century, we are still struggling to demolish the color lines that have limited opportunity for blacks and other people of color in the United States.

Among the many ongoing battles in the struggle against segregation has been that waged . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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