W.E.B. Du Bois Quotes
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W.E.B. Du Bois
African-American scholar, sociologist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP.
5 Quotes
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships
— The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter II: Of the Dawn of Freedom
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression
— Writings by W.E.B. Du Bois, often quoted from his speeches and essays
Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States
— The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter VI: Of the Training of Black Men
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line
— The Souls of Black Folk, Forethought
Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season
— The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter I: Of Our Spiritual Strivings