On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Is this the life you grudge us, O knightly America?
Said by
W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Is this the life you grudge us, O knightly America?”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois challenges America, asking if the nation begrudges Black people the intellectual and social freedom he describes experiencing in the realm of thought and art.
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