Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

By W E B Du Bois

First published in 1903 and one of our country's most influential books, "The Souls of Black Folk" reflects the mind of a visionary who inspired generations of readers to remember the past, question the status quo, and fight for a just tomorrow. Revised reissue.

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Book Information

Publisher: Signet Book
Publish Date: 01/03/2012
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780451532053
ISBN-10: 0451532058
Language: English

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First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history--it helped alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these fourteen essays contain both the academic language of sociology and the rich lyricism of African spirituals, which Du Bois called "sorrow songs." Often revealingly autobiographical, DuBois explores topics as diverse as the death of his infant son and the politics of Booker T. Washington. In every essay, he shows the consequences of both a political color line and an internal one, as he grapples with the contradictions of being black and being American. One of our country's most influential books, The Souls of Black Folk reflects the mind of a visionary who inspired generations of readers to remember the past, question the status quo, and fight for a just tomorrow. With an Introduction by Randall Kenan
and an Afterword by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

About the Author

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. A brilliant student and natural leader, he experienced little prejudice during his early years; it was while attending Fisk, a Southern university for Negroes, that the young Du Bois first fully awoke to the realities of race in America.

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