Du Bois viewed American society as being divided by race and that "The problem of the 20th century was the problem of the color line."(84) Du Bois took a stance against social segregation of the African American, whom he believed could be "...both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face."(384) essentially, "to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture."(384) Du Bois also held the power of vote in high regards believing that black men could use this power to vote themselves into the 'kingdom.' In The Souls of Black Folk,
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