Of such weapons the greatest, perhaps, in the modern world is the power of the ballot; and this brings me to a consideration of the third form of contact between whites and blacks in the South,—political activity.
This passage from "The Souls of Black Folk" identifies the ballot as a crucial tool for progress and empowerment in the modern world.
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