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Now, is this a minor matter which has no influence on the main question of the industrial and intellectual development of the Negro?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Du Bois argues that the disenfranchisement of black citizens significantly impacts their overall development and societal progress.
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