On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
From the opening of "The Souls of Black Folk," this quote introduces the unspoken racial question faced by Black Americans.
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