On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Strange to relate! for this is certain, no secure civilization can be built in the South with the Negro as an ignorant, turbulent proletariat.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois argues that the South cannot achieve a secure civilization while its Black population remains uneducated and marginalized.
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