W.E.B. Du Bois: Of Our Spiritual Striving

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What are Du Bois’s main themes here, and how does he relate them to the past, to his present day, and to a possible future?

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Du Bois’s later paragraphs focus on “the shadow prejudice.” What does he see as the causes and results of prejudice? How, in his view, can prejudice be overcome?

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Du Bois was one of the first defenders of full social and civil equality for African Americans. How are the ideas he puts forth here reflected in contemporary cultural reality and societal attitudes?

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