On the record
Even in the country something of this segregation is manifest in the smaller areas, and of course in the larger phenomena of the Black Belt.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Du Bois notes that segregation persists even in rural areas, particularly in the Black Belt.
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