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    The Souls of Black Folk
    The Souls of Black Folk
    The Souls of Black Folk
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    The Souls of Black Folk

    Written by W.E.B. Du Bois

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    One of the most influential books ever published in America, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is an eloquent collection of fourteen essays that describe the life, the ambitions, the struggles, and the passions of African Americans at the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.

    The first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation’s history from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. In The Souls of Black Folk - published in 1903 - Du Bois argued against the conciliatory position taken by Booker T. Washington, at the time the most influential black leader in America, and called for a more radical form of aggressive protest — a strategy that would anticipate and inspire much of the activism of the 1960s.

    Du Bois’s essays were the first to articulate many of Black America’s thoughts and feelings, including the dilemma posed by the black psyche’s “double consciousness,” which Du Bois described as “this twoness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings... in one dark body.”

    Every essay in The Souls of Black Folk is a jewel of intellectual prowess, eloquent language, and groundbreaking insight. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the struggle for Civil Rights in America.

    An Author's Republic audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateAug 24, 2016
    ISBN9781518932908
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    W.E.B. Du Bois

    W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and socialist. Born in Massachusetts, he was raised in Great Barrington, an integrated community. He studied at the University of Berlin and at Harvard, where he became the first African American scholar to earn a doctorate. He worked as a professor at Atlanta University, a historically black institution, and was one of the leaders of the Niagara Movement, which advocated for equal rights and opposed Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta compromise. In 1909, he cofounded the NAACP and served for years as the editor of its official magazine The Crisis. In addition to his activism against lynching, Jim Crow laws, and other forms of discrimination and segregation, Du Bois authored such influential works as The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Black Reconstruction in America (1935). A lifelong opponent of racism and a committed pacifist, Du Bois advocated for socialism as a means of replacing racial capitalism in America and around the world. In the 1920s, he used his role at The Crisis to support the artists of the Harlem Renaissance and sought to emphasize the role of African Americans in shaping American society in his book The Gift of Black Folk (1924).

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    • 5/5
      Great American Literary Classic and most definitely a must read for all people of African descent!

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    • 5/5
      This is an absolute must read is you are an American.
    • 5/5
      Informative! I a. On a quest to learn as much as I can about my ancestors? This books helps to understand what is happening even now! Thank you in heaven
    • 5/5
      this is really an amazing.its about One of the most influential books ever published in America, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk is an eloquent collection of fourteen essays that describe the life, the ambitions, the struggles, and the passions of African Americans at the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.
    • 5/5
      great reading voice. The addition of singing and melody made the story even more enjoyable beyond beyond of course the poetic language W.E.B Du Bois
    • 5/5
      Du Bois is such a masterful wordsmith. Bringing to life a time and place in the south that connects us today. Truly a work of art to my soul! In his writing I hear him paving the way for future generations.
    • 4/5
      I knew this would be far from an easy read or listen, and i was right. But it was necessary. Society as not developed more equally as many has hoped, but we have come further than many thought was possible.
    • 5/5
      Worth multiple reads. Will probably be my annual book
    • 3/5
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