A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills. (W. E. B. Du Bois)

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

W. E. B. Du Bois

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