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To most libraries, lectures, concerts, and museums, Negroes are either not admitted at all, or on terms peculiarly galling to the pride of the very classes who might otherwise be attracted.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This quote addresses the exclusion of African Americans from cultural institutions, emphasizing the barriers they faced.
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