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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is such a body, and it grows daily.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is such a body, and it grows daily.”
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Du Bois describes the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as a growing force for racial justice.
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