This quotation is from an article entitled "The Talented Tenth," written by W. E. B. DuBois: "Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward?

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Jonathan Lamb

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14 October, 10:35

This quotation is from an article entitled "The Talented Tenth," written by W. E. B. DuBois: "Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward?

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Chad Rose · Answer 1

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This a quotation from the book "Illustrated Souls of Black Folk" written by W. E. B. Du Bois. This the excerpt:

"Can the masses of the Negro People be in any possible way more quickly raised than by the effort and the example of this aristocracy of talent and character? Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward? Never; it is, ever was and ever will be from the top downward that culture filters."

The Souls of a Black Folk is one of the greatest books about the Black experience evolving slavery, prejudice and their repercussion in American society.