The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? - W. E. B. Du Bois

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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense,
else what shall save us from a second slavery?

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About W. E. B. Du Bois

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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Native Name: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Alternative Names: WEB Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois W. E. B. du Bois W.E.B. du Bois
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The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon 'Hell and Damnation' — upon an attempt to scare people into being decent and threatening them with the terrors of death and punishment. We are still trained to believe a good deal that is simply childish in theology. The outward and visible punishment of every wrong deed that men do, the repeated declaration that anything can be gotten by anyone at any time by prayer.

[Essay entitled 'On Christianity', published posthumously]

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