Now in the past the American Negro has had instructive experience in the choosing of group leaders, founding thus a peculiar dynasty which in the light of present conditions is worth while studying.
Du Bois discusses the historical significance of leadership choices within the African American community.
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He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world.
And yet, being a problem is a strange experience,—peculiar even for one who has never been anything else, save perhaps in babyhood and in Europe.
The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found in freedom his promised land.
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