Not only is Georgia thus the geographical focus of our Negro population, but in many other respects, both now and yesterday, the Negro problems have seemed to be centered in this State.
Du Bois asserts that Georgia serves as a central location for understanding the complexities and historical development of the "Negro problem" in America.
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