On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The Negro cannot stand the present reactionary tendencies and unreasoning drawing of the color-line indefinitely without discouragement and retrogression.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois warns that the persistent and irrational enforcement of the color line will inevitably lead to despair and decline within the Black community.
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