Context Link: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-11/transitional-justice-south-africa
In 1935, American author W. E. B. Du Bois reflected on the purpose of history. He wrote, “Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?” How does Du Bois add to your thinking about the importance of establishing the truth about the past?
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