On the record
Are we going to induce the best class of Negroes to take less and less interest in government, and to give up their right to take such an interest, without a protest?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois questions the implications of discouraging African Americans from participating in government and politics, advocating for their engagement.
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