On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
The South ought to be led, by candid and honest criticism, to assert her better self and do her full duty to the race she has cruelly wronged and is still wronging.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois calls for the South to confront its history of injustice and fulfill its moral obligations through honest self-reflection and criticism.
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