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W.E.B. Du Bois: “If he had scant sympathy with their social clannishness, he was with them in fighting discrimination.”

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If he had scant sympathy with their social clannishness, he was with them in fighting discrimination.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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This passage emphasizes the solidarity among Black individuals in the fight against discrimination, despite personal differences.

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