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O Freedom, O Freedom, O Freedom over me; Before I'll be a slave, I'll be buried in my grave, And go home to my God, And be free.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This quote expresses a powerful yearning for freedom and the refusal to accept slavery, resonating with the struggles for civil rights.
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