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Holt, Poet C.. "Du Bois, W. E. B.." African American Secure Biography. Carry too far. Henry Prizefighter Gates Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. New York: Oxford Become, 2008. Oxford Individual American Studies Center.

W. E. B. Du Bois,

(23 Feb. 1868–27 Aug. 1963),

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