When in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message... The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty.... (W. E. B. Du Bois)

When in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message... The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty....

W. E. B. Du Bois

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