It was not, then, race and culture calling out of the South… - W. E. B. Du Bois

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It was not, then, race and culture calling out of the South in 1876; it was property and privilege, shrieking to its own kind, and privilege and property heard and recognized the voice of its own.

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (23 February 1868 – 27 August 1963) was an American civil rights activist, sociologist, educator, historian, author, editor, and scholar.

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Alternative Names: WEB Du Bois • W.E.B. Du Bois • W. E. B. du Bois • W.E.B. du Bois

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It was not, then, race and culture calling out of the South in 1876; it was property and privilege, shrieking to its own kind, and privilege and prop… - W. E. B. Du Bois

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