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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
Langston Hughes

Meaning of "color line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOR LINE

color line  [ˈkʌlə laɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOR LINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Color line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOR LINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
landline
lænd laɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
main-line
meɪn laɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn
waterline
ˈwɔːtə laɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOR LINE

color
color blindness
color chart
color photograph
color scheme
color television
color-blind
colorable
colorably
Colorado
Colorado beetle
Colorado Desert
Colorado ruby
Colorado Springs
Colorado topaz
colorant
coloration
coloratura
coloratura soprano
colorature

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOR LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
discipline
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of color line in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «color line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOR LINE

Find out the translation of color line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of color line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «color line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

色线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea de color
570 millions of speakers

English

color line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंग लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط اللون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цвет линии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha de cor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙিন লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne de couleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis warna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

color Line
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラーライン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

컬러 라인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garis werna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dòng màu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்ண கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंग रेखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Renk çizgisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linea di colore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolor linii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колір лінії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie de culoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρώμα γραμμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleur lyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

color Line
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

color Line
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of color line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOR LINE»

The term «color line» is regularly used and occupies the 75.892 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOR LINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about color line

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3 QUOTES WITH «COLOR LINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word color line.
1
W. E. B. Du Bois
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
2
Langston Hughes
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
3
Walter Dean Myers
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOR LINE»

Discover the use of color line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to color line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the ...
Timely—as the 2012 presidential election nears—and controversial, here is the first book by a major African-American public intellectual on racial politics and the Obama presidency.
Randall Kennedy, 2011
2
Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of ...
""Queering the Color Line "is a groundbreaking study that sets a new agenda for critical investigations of the intersecting histories of race and sexuality in the United States.
Siobhan B. Somerville, 2000
3
Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and ...
In this outstanding book, Shawn Michelle Smith has offered not only a spirited reading of a historically important group of photographs but also a methodology and theoretical grounding that are widely applicable even beyond the specific ...
Shawn Michelle Smith, 2004
4
Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line
Offering a study on Latinos and professional baseball since the 1880s, this book tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn: passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues, or seeking respect and acceptance ...
Adrian Burgos, 2007
5
Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More ...
In Blurring the Color Line, Alba explores a future in which socially mobile minorities could blur stark boundaries and gain much more control over the social expression of racial differences.
Richard Alba, Richard D Alba, 2012
6
The Cold War and the Color Line: American race relations in ...
--Publishers Weekly Reviews of this book: [Borstelmann traces] the constellation of racial challenges each administration faced (focusing particularly on African affairs abroad and African American civil rights at home), rather than ...
Thomas BORSTELMANN, Thomas Borstelmann, 2009
7
Tales of Conjure and The Color Line: 10 Stories
Outstanding, affordably priced volume presents a selection of 10 best stories by a pioneer in the development of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po’ Sandy," "Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," ...
Charles Waddell Chesnutt, 2012
8
Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who ...
A stunning journey to the heart of the racial dilemma in this country.
Gregory Howard Williams, 1996
9
Sport and the Color Line: Black Athletes and Race Relations ...
The essays presented in this text examine the complexity of black American sports culture, from the organization of semi-pro baseball and athletic programs at historically black colleges and universities, to the careers of individual stars ...
Patrick B. Miller, David Kenneth Wiggins, 2004
10
America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
" The book includes thought-provoking essays from Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman, Russell Simmons, Vernon Jordan, Alicia Keys, Bernie Mac, and Quincy Jones.
Henry Louis Gates, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOR LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term color line is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Man Who Broke the NYPD's Color Line
Like many white people, I suspect, I've too often thought of the African-American civil-rights struggle as a movement born in the 1950s, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
The plague of angry white men: How racism, gun culture & toxic …
The color line is not separate from gender: The two are deeply connected to one another in the United States and the West more broadly. «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Blue eyes linked to alcoholism
So, what's the connection? According to the study, the genetic components that determine eye color line up among the same chromosome as ... «ModernMedicine, Jul 15»
4
10 ways to step inside baseball history at All-Star FanFest
The Negro Leagues: The Negro Leagues were where professional-caliber African-American players toiled before the color line was broken. «Dayton Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Why Nikki Haley Finally Called for the Removal of the Confederate …
Instead, growing up astride the color line appears to have quickly shown a savvy young woman like Haley which side of the racial divide ... «TIME, Jul 15»
6
Arthur Ashe made history in various ways
His statue broke the color line on Monument Avenue, a storied street with memorials to the heroes of a Confederacy that seceded to keep ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
7
Martin Luther King's Politics of Hope - Beyond Polarization
People reached across the color line in ways which continue to ripple through the political culture of the city. Today's young activists know little ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
The Truth About Christian 'Sexual Purity' — A Former Evangelical …
... were having sex across the color line. Willard believed that white women's sexual purity was the source of their religious and moral authority. «Patheos, Jul 15»
9
Rob Edelman: Jackie Robinson, 1947 & 2015
... years since Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color line with the Brooklyn Dodgers? “I don't think it's all that different,” declared Jacque Jones. «WAMC, Jul 15»
10
Leke James insists he is committed amid transfer interest
Abuja - Leke James has insisted that he is not bothered by speculation linking him with an exit from the Color Line Stadium in the summer ... «News24 Nigeria, Jul 15»

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