The music of an unhappy people, of the children of disappointment; they tell of death and suffering and unvoiced longing toward a truer world, of misty wanderings and hidden ways.
W. E. B. Du BoisI am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty for Beauty to set the world right.
W. E. B. Du BoisMost men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
W. E. B. Du BoisHonest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, - this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society
W. E. B. Du Bois