W.E.B. Du Bois: “We have no right to sit silently by while the inevitable seeds are…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1903

We have no right to sit silently by while the inevitable seeds are sown for a harvest of disaster to our children, black and white.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois argues against inaction in the face of racial injustice, emphasizing the shared future of all Americans.

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