An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled

An American, a Negro… two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. – W. E. B. Du Bois

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