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Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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W. E. B. Du Bois
Age: 95 †
Born: 1868
Born: January 1
Died: 1963
Died: August 27
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Human Rights Activist
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Great Barrington
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.
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