Consider this:
Dubois was a descendent of the free blacks in the north; Washington was the descendent of slaves in the south: how might this have influenced their opposing positions?



Consider this:
Racial and ethnic tension was often heightened by competition for jobs, money and resources. Do we face this problem in America cities today?



Consider this:
What figures do you see in Douglas’s painting? How did his techniques address the “New Negro” philosophy of the 1920’s?