And yet how little we really know of these millions,—of their daily lives and longings, of their homely joys and sorrows, of their real shortcomings and the meaning of their crimes!
Du Bois expresses the profound lack of genuine understanding regarding the daily lives and experiences of millions of Black individuals.
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Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood.
Then in after years when I came to Nashville I saw the great temple builded of these songs towering over the pale city.
Around us the history of the land has centred for thrice a hundred years; out of the nation’s heart we have called all that was best to throttle and subdue all that was worst; fire and blood, prayer and sacrifice, have billowed over this…
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