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Sounds fascinating, James. By the turn of the XX century Black Americans hd grown so tired of the republicans taking them for granted W.E.B. Dubois talked to W.J. Bryan about endorsing him in return for a pledge to oppose Jim Crow. Bryan replied he was more in favor of Booker T. Washington and his philosophy of self-improvement; an opportunity lost.