On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Training for life teaches living; but what training for the profitable living together of black men and white?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Du Bois poses a fundamental question about the purpose of education in fostering harmonious and equitable coexistence between different racial groups.
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