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W.E.B. Du Bois: “What the black laborer needs is careful personal guidance, group leadership of men with hearts in their bosoms, to train…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
What the black laborer needs is careful personal guidance, group leadership of men with hearts in their bosoms, to train them to foresight, carefulness, and honesty.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois outlines the essential guidance and leadership required to help Black laborers overcome the disadvantages inherited from slavery.

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