On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois describes his intellectual life, where he finds equality and acceptance in the world of literature, transcending racial prejudice.
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