The Souls of Black Folk: Define spiritual strivings for African Americans at the dawn of the 20th century a little more than three decades after the emancipation.

The Souls of Black Folk:
1. Define spiritual strivings for African Americans at the dawn of the 20th century a little more than three decades after the emancipation. How might these cultural/spiritual strivings linger in the hearts, minds, souls, and lived experiences of African Americans?
2. In what ways might the “problem” of being an African American resonate/reverberate in contemporary culture?
3. Consider, imagine, and describe how you believe the metaphor of the veil plays out in our everyday lives.
4. What does being “gifted with second-sight in the American world” mean for African Americans in the contemporary United States?
5. Consider and decode the challenges associated with having to navigate the world through the lens of “double consciousness.”
6. What particular and degrading effect does double consciousness and its “waste of double aims” have on the psyches and being of those who navigate life under the auspices of this dynamic?
7. What is the goal of the Negro’s “spiritual strivings” according to Dubois at the end of the chapter, and how do we understand its salience in our efforts to be activists, ambassadors, and/or allies in liberation efforts?