It becomes easier to understand why many felt that slavery should remain in tact through Robert Higgs quote of Senator Stephen Douglas saying "There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. ... " This quote illustrates the fact that southern whites saw abolition as a threat to their way of life. ... Even though slavery was abolished over 150 years ago, it still did not end all of the evils directed towards African-Americans. ... In his article he quotes Annet...

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Washington, DuBois, and Racial Discourse As the dialogues on race wear on - and as America, as a country, continues to suffer from racial fractures that run deep indeed - the historical figures (meaning just that - the figurative modern representations) of Booker T. Washington and WEB Dubois conti...

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