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Cessation of foreign migration has raised Negro men's wages, to be sure--but it has not only raised Negro women's wages, it has opened to them a score of new avenues of earning a living.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Cessation of foreign migration has raised Negro men's wages, to be sure--but it has not only raised Negro women's wages…”
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Du Bois highlights the positive impact of reduced foreign migration on wages for both African American men and women, opening new job opportunities.
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