Between the two extreme types of ethical attitude which I have thus sought to make clear wavers the mass of the millions of Negroes, North and South; and their religious life and activity partake of this social conflict within their ranks.
Du Bois discusses the complex ethical landscape faced by African Americans in their religious lives.
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