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The real question in the South is the question of the permanency of present color caste.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The real question in the South is the question of the permanency of present color caste.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois identifies the enduring issue of racial caste in the South as a fundamental challenge to progress.
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