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W.E.B. Du Bois: “The result was the disfranchisement of the blacks of the South and a world-wide attempt to restrict democratic…”

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The result was the disfranchisement of the blacks of the South and a world-wide attempt to restrict democratic development to white races and to distract them with race hatred against the darker races.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois highlights the consequences of disenfranchisement and the global implications of racial division.

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