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Who goes to high school, the Bright or the Well-to-Do?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Who goes to high school, the Bright or the Well-to-Do?”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois critiques the socioeconomic barriers that determine who receives secondary education.
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