Such natural questions cannot be evaded, nor on the other hand must a Nation naturally skeptical as to Negro ability assume an unfavorable answer without careful inquiry and patient openness to conviction.
In "The Souls of Black Folk," Du Bois asserts that questions about Black education require careful investigation, not prejudiced assumptions.
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