On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The number in itself is enough to put at rest the argument that too large a proportion of Negroes are receiving higher training.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This statement refutes the contemporary argument that too many Black individuals were pursuing higher education by citing the actual numbers.
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