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Before each chapter, as now printed, stands a bar of the Sorrow Songs,—some echo of haunting melody from the only American music which welled up from black souls in the dark past.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Before each chapter, as now printed, stands a bar of the Sorrow Songs,—some echo of haunting melody from the only…”
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Du Bois highlights the significance of Sorrow Songs as a representation of African American history and culture.
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