On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
But the point I have insisted upon and now emphasize again, is that the best opinion of the South to-day is not the ruling opinion.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois asserts that the most progressive and enlightened views within the South do not hold sway in its actual governance and policy-making.
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