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The Art of Jim Crow The "veil" that Du Bois frequently refers to is the "veil" of race. Du Bois pictures this "veil" as the stereotypes and prejudices that stand between African-Americans and their full participation in what we might call the "American dream." Not only does the "veil" stand between the African-American and his economic success; it also prevents the African-American from achieving a full and satisfactory sense of identity in America. The vivid …

…commissioner of the Bureau until 1874. The Bureau had additional objective was to distribute evenly the abandon lands in the south. The article called that every freedman was to receive forty acres and a mule. The bureau conducted workshops to help the newly freed slave adjust to their new environments with financial independence. The Bureau also helped build schools and hire new teachers. W.E. Du Bois became a teacher for the great state of Tennessee.