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Yet the American Negroes stand today as the greatest strategic group in the world.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Yet the American Negroes stand today as the greatest strategic group in the world.”
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Du Bois asserts the strategic importance of African Americans in the global context, recognizing their potential influence.
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