Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift a…

W. E. B. Du Bois
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Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid; and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease! ✨ Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois' speech, www.scotsman.com. October 20, 1946.
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