On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
And all this life and love and strife and failure,—is it the twilight of nightfall or the flush of some faint-dawning day?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Reflecting on the complex state of Black life in America, this question ponders whether the current struggles signify an end or a new beginning.
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