On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife,—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
From his seminal work on Black identity, this passage introduces the concept of "double consciousness" and the struggle for self-realization among African Americans.
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