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  3. In a 1918 editorial, W. E. B. Du Bois advised African Americans to stop agitating for equality and to proclaim their solidarity

In a 1918 editorial, W. E. B. Du Bois advised African Americans to stop agitating for equality and to proclaim their solidarity

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问题     In a 1918 editorial, W. E. B. Du Bois advised African Americans to stop agitating for equality and to proclaim their solidarity with White Americans for the duration of the First World War. The editorial surprised many African Americans who viewed Du Bois as an uncompromising African American leader and a chief opponent of the accommodationist tactics urged by Booker T. Washington. In fact, however, Du Bois often shifted positions along the continuum between Washington and confrontationists such as William Trotter. In 1895, when Washington called on African Americans to concentrate on improving their communities instead of opposing discrimination and agitating for political rights, Du Bois praised Washington’s speech. In 1903, however, Du Bois aligned himself with Trotter, Washington’s militant opponent, less for ideological reasons than because Trotter had described to him Washington’s efforts to silence those in the African American press who opposed Washington’s positions.
    Du Bois’s wartime position thus reflected not a change in his long-term goals but rather a pragmatic response in the face of social pressures: government officials had threatened African American journalists with censorship if they continued to voice grievances. Furthermore, Du Bois believed that African Americans’ contributions to past war efforts had brought them some legal and political advances. Du Bois’s accommodationism did not last, however. Upon learning of systematic discrimination experienced by African Americans in the military, he called on them to "return fighting" from the war.
The passage suggests which of the following about the contributions of African Americans to the United States war effort during the First World War?
选项 A、The contributions were made largely in response to Du Bois’s 1918 editorial.
B、The contributions had much the same effect as African Americans’ contributions to previous wars.
C、The contributions did not end discrimination against African Americans in the military.
D、The contributions were made in protest against Trotter’s confrontationist tactics.
答案B
解析 就美国黑人对美国战时的努力所作的贡献而言，短文暗示以下哪种观点?美国黑人的贡献未能结束他们在军队中受到的歧视。根据第二段最后一句，第一次世界大战时，美国黑人在军队中遭受有意识的歧视。
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