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  • Document 113 – W.E.B. Du Bois, “Your Country?” (1903), pg. 60
  • Document 114 – Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice (1892), pg. 62

please explain how both Du Bois and Wells felt that the plight of African Americans during Jim Crow should be discussed on a worldwide platform. Why did they think it was necessary to talk to an international audience about disenfranchisement, segregation, and violence against blacks in the United States? Why does Du Bois appeal to both American and world history to discuss the subject?