The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic

Anti-colonialism Anti-imperialism

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

Darkwater

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Black activist Black writer Writer Activist

From

United States

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Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Harcourt, Brace And Howe, 1920.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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