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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.
According to the passage, which of the following is true of the strategy that Du Bois’s 1918 editorial urged African Americans to adopt during the First World War?
选项 A、It was a strategy that Du Bois had consistently rejected in the past.
B、It represented a compromise between Du Bois’s own views and those of Trotter.
C、It represented a significant redefinition of the long-term goals Du Bois held during the war.
D、It was advocated by Du Bois in part because of his historical knowledge of gains African Americans had made during past wars.
答案D
解析 根据短文，以下哪种陈述符合杜波依斯1918年的社论号召美国黑人在第一次世界大战时期所采取的策略?杜波依斯采取该策略，部分原因在于他从历史上了解到美国黑人在过去战争中所获得的益处。根据第二段倒数第三句，杜波依斯认为，美国黑人对过去战争的努力所作的贡献使他们在法律和政治方面取得进展。
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