"Echoing W.E.B. Du Bois's 1903 assertion that the problem of the
20th century 'is the problem of the color line,' historian
Franklin . . . argues that this will be the problem of the 21st
century as well. . . . his cogent observations will spur further
discussion."--Publishers Weekly
"Anyone interested in understanding or improving America needs to
read this powerful little book. Highest
recommendation."--Library Journal
"It gives the non-historian, in accessible prose, the advantage
of his more than 50 years of scholarship on a subject that many
Americans would just as soon forget. If the harsh truth about
America's racial history is ever going to be digested, unassuming
works such as this one will surely play a part."--The St.
Petersburg Florida Times
Paul Anthony Brick Lecture Series.
