On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
His name to-day, in this broad land, means little, and comes to fifty million ears laden with no incense of memory or emulation.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois observes the tragic reality that Alexander Crummell's name and contributions are largely unknown and uncelebrated in his own country.
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