Famous Quotes from
W.E.B. DuBois
Labeled as a "radical," he was ignored by those who
hoped that his massive contributions would be buried along side of him.
But, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "history cannot ignore W.E.B.
DuBois because history has to reflect truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless
explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness
lay in his quest for truth about his own people. There were very few scholars
who concerned themselves with honest study of the black man and he sought
to fill this immense void. The degree to which he succeeded disclosed the
great dimensions of the man."
"Freedom is a state of mind: a spiritual unchoking of the wells of human
power and superhuman love."
-- W.E.B DuBois
"I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter; it has made the
world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong."
-- W.E.B. Dubois
The cost of liberty is less than the cost of repression.
--W.E.B. Dubois
"There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined
to rise".
-- W.E.B. Dubois
Dubois opposed the views of Booker T. Washington who advocated accommodation.
He wrote in his essays, "When Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, he
does not rightly value the privilege and duty of voting, belittles the emasculating
effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambition
of our higher minds. We must unceasingly and firmly oppose him."
-- W.E.B. DuBois
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek
shall inherit the earth, they have not often let their presence be known.
-- W.E.B. DuBois
One ever feels his two-ness- 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. DuBois
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