On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Is this the life you long to change into the dull red hideousness of Georgia?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Is this the life you long to change into the dull red hideousness of Georgia?”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois questions whether America desires to replace the potential for Black intellectual and social flourishing with the oppressive and violent conditions prevalent in Georgia.
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