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The four sentences in Ogletree and Brooks’ books appear in the same order. In Ogletree’s book, they are together in one paragraph, but in Brooks', they are spread over two pages.
On page 129 of his book, Brooks writes: “During most of his career Du Bois presented himself as a staunch integrationist and demanded freedom of speech, education, ‘manhood suffrage,’ and ‘the abolition of all caste distinctions based simply...
That similarity is striking because both Brooks and Ogletree quote Du Bois out of order. In his 1905 Niagara Movement address, Du Bois mentioned free speech first, education sixth, “manhood suffrage” third, and “caste distinctions” fourth.
Brooks, on page 130, and Ogletree, on page 103, use the same 12 words to compare Du Bois and black educator Booker T. Washington: “both men were deeply committed to making life better for African Americans.” (Ogletree hyphenates “African-Americans.?...
Ogletree does not cite these passages to Brooks, though he does mention Brooks' "Integreation or Separation?" on page 308, a full 200 pages after the discussion of Du Bois and Washington. In this instance, Ogletree mentions Brooks both in the text of "All Deliberate Speed" and in a citation.