Books with author W. E.B. DuBois

The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literary history. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the early works to deal with sociology.

This is the classic history of the African peoples in Africa and the New World, a repudiation of the absurd belief, widely held in the post-Civil War period, that Africans had no civilization but the one foisted upon them by their slave trading captors. Writing for a popular audience in 1915, DuBois, one of America's greatest writers, lays out in easy-to-read, nonacademic prose the striking and illustrious story of the complex history and varied cultures of Africa, from the art and industry of the peoples of the continent to the dramatic impact the slave trade had both in Africa and on her descendents in the Western Hemisphere. Boldly proud and beautifully written, this essential work will delight readers of American and African history as well as students of great American literature.

W. E. B. DuBois's history of the black peoples examines how the empires of Ethiopia and the Niger formed, and how black culture developed across Africa and later the United States and Latin America. Ranging across thousands of years of black history, this book is a superb introduction for the student or reader. We hear how black peoples rose from their early origins to become a proud and cultured ethnicity. How the early tribal societies migrated around Africa, and how some of these settled and flourished into civilizations or joined societies such as Egypt, is revealed. DuBois then establishes how the slave trade resulted in many black peoples being taken from their homes after being sold into slavery. The market for black slaves was enormously profitable; yet it was not until the Arab conquests of Africa that the native peoples knew of it. Later, when the Europeans used their shipping routes to create the 'Slave Triangle', the volumes of black slaves dramatically increased. The author ruefully notes that once the British became involved, the importation of slaves grew enormously. The final chapters show how, following the abolition of slavery, black populations made a new life as emancipated, free peoples. Many intermixed in South American societies, and in the Caribbean countries with majority black populations established distinctive cultures and traditions. Placing emphasis upon the difficulties which black peoples encountered, DuBois closes his history by noting the myriad injustices that black Americans still struggle against. Racism and discrimination was rife, and failures for the Reconstruction were blamed solely upon blacks themselves. In concluding, DuBois poignantly notes: "Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men."

A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: "When John Brown stretched forth his arm ... the clash of arms was at hand." DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.

W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays about the experiences of African-Americans. The book is a foundational work in the history of sociology and a seminal tome in the development of African-American Studies. The essays include: The Forethought, Of Our Spiritual Strivings, Of the Dawn of Freedom, Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others, Of the Meaning of Progress, Of the Wings of Atalanta, Of the Training of Black Men, Of the Black Belt, Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece, Of the Sons of Master and Man, Of the Faith of the Fathers, Of the Passing of the First-Born, Of Alexander Crummell, Of the Coming of John, Of the Sorrow Songs, and The Afterthought.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.

One of the most widely read and influential works in African American literature, "The Souls of Black Folk" is W.E.B. Du Bois's classic collection of essays in which he details the state of racism and black culture at the beginning of the 20th century. Often autobiographical, "The Souls of Black Folk" takes the reader on a history lesson of race relations and the state of the African American from the emancipation proclamation to the early part of the 20th century. A founding member of the NAACP, Du Bois, through his writings, laid the foundation for the debate that would become the civil rights movement.