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W.E.B. Dubois

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The Negro problem, it has often been said, is largely a problem of ignorance – not simply of illiteracy issues, but a deeper ignorance of the world and its ways, of the thought and experience of men, an ignorance of self and the possibilities of human souls.

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  • Coates, T. (2015). Between the world and me. New York, NY: Spiegel & Grau.

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  • DuBois, W. E. B. (1903). The souls of black folk. Chicago, IL: McClung & Co.

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Thomas, C. (2016). W.E.B. Dubois. In: Lowery, C., Walker, A., Thomas, C. (eds) Un-Democratic Acts. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-723-8_10

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