On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
In this state of mind it became easy to wink at the suppression of the Negro vote in the South, and to advise self-respecting Negroes to leave politics entirely alone.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois links the general decline in political engagement and integrity to the ease with which the suppression of Black votes in the South was tolerated.
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