On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Thus one can see in the Negro church to-day, reproduced in microcosm, all the great world from which the Negro is cut off by color-prejudice and social condition.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Thus one can see in the Negro church to-day, reproduced in microcosm, all the great world from which the Negro is cut…”
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Du Bois observes that the Black church serves as a complete social world for African Americans, compensating for their exclusion from broader society.
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