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But out of the stink of the stockyards and the dust of the aluminum works and the sweat of the lumber yards the willing blacks could not be kept.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “But out of the stink of the stockyards and the dust of the aluminum works and the sweat of the lumber yards the willing…”
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Du Bois describes the resilience of black workers in the face of harsh labor conditions and systemic barriers.
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