On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
In actual formal content their curriculum was doubtless old-fashioned, but in educational power it was supreme, for it was the contact of living souls.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This quote argues that the true strength of early Black colleges lay not in their curriculum but in the profound human connection between teachers and students.
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