Es DBQ: In The Souls of Black Folk, W. E.B. DuBois says, "It is a [strange) sensation, this double-
consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others. One ever
feels his two-ness-an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two (spirits at war] in one
dark body, whose [incredible] strength alone keeps it from being torn (apart]." His goal was for
African-Americans to merge that "double self" into a better and truer self, without losing either
"self."
W. E.B. DuBois visited the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club. Did Shady Rest help resolve
double-consciousness, or did Shady Rest add to the problem of double-consciousness?
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In your response you should to the following.
Tiesis: Present a thesis that makes a historically defensible claim and responds to all parts
of the question. The thesis must consist of one or more sentences located in one place.
nither in the introduction or the conclusion.