On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The Negro has already been pointed out many times as a religious animal,—a being of that deep emotional nature which turns instinctively toward the supernatural.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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From "The Souls of Black Folk," this passage characterizes the "Negro" as a deeply emotional and instinctively religious being.
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