Question

What does Du Bois mean by the fact that every African American “ever feels his twoness”? African Americans feel like both free Americans and enslaved people. African Americans feel like both Americans and Africans. African Americans feel as though they are being judged and measured.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "African Americans feel like both free Americans and enslaved people." I just did the assignment.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) African Americans feel like both free Americans and enslaved people.

What Du Bois meant by the fact that every African American “ever feels his twoness” was that "African Americans feel like both free Americans and enslaved people.

W.E.B. Du Bois(1868-1863) was one of the most renown African Americans that supported the liberties of black people in the United States. He was an activist that defended the rights of the African Americans and in 1909 co-founded an important organization that was very active in the civil rights movement: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).