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The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois
The color line, double consciousness and the African American experience — a landmark work.

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Of Our Spiritual Strivings O water, voice of my heart, crying in the sand, All night long crying with a mournful cry, As I lie and listen, and cannot understand The voice of my heart in my side or the voice of the sea, O water, crying for rest, is it I, is it…

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