On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
They came out of the South unknown to me, one by one, and yet at once I knew them as of me and of mine.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “They came out of the South unknown to me, one by one, and yet at once I knew them as of me and of mine.”
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Du Bois describes his innate recognition and deep personal connection to the spirituals, even as they emerged from an unfamiliar South.
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