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With this come, too, peculiar problems of their inner life,—of the status of women, the maintenance of Home, the training of children, the accumulation of wealth, and the prevention of crime.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois outlines the various social issues that affect the inner lives of Black families.
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