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“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human rights and for modern civilization itself as an educator, literary artist, international statesman (albeit one without official U.S. government sanction), and perhaps above all else, as an evolved spiritual being capable of at once fiercely excoriating his enemies with unrelenting condemnation and gently embracing them with fraternal compassion.”
― The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
― The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
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Increased public conversations about the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois, particularly as examined in the new “W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause” documentary, have made me glad I was encouraged to complete some work on him years before we reached this point. Somehow, he continues to amaze millions and provide much-needed direction after all these years.