W.E.B. Du Bois: “How far may those who reach up out of the slime that fills the pits of…”

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How far may those who reach up out of the slime that fills the pits of the world's damned compel men with loaves to divide with men who starve?

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois highlights the struggle of the oppressed to demand justice and share resources with the starving.

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