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The Negro, by W.E.B. Du Bois
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Title: The Negro
Author: W.E.B. Du Bois
Release Date: March 14, 2005 [EBook #15359]
Language: English
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THE NEGRO
W.E.B. Du Bois
New York: Holt, 1915
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