On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
After Emancipation, it was the plain duty of some one to assume this group leadership and training of the Negro laborer.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “After Emancipation, it was the plain duty of some one to assume this group leadership and training of the Negro laborer.”
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Du Bois asserts the moral imperative for leadership to guide and train Black laborers in the aftermath of Emancipation.
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