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title: "Why did Du Bois believe that black people should be taught history, literature, and philosophy?"  
description: "Why did Du Bois believe that black people should be taught history, literature, and philosophy?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42554/why-did-du-bois-believe-that-black-people-should-be-taught-history-literature-and-philosophy  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Du Bois believe that black people should be taught history, literature, and philosophy? 

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