The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by Donald B. Gibson ; and with notes by Monica M. Elbert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Penguin twentieth-century classicsPublication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1996.Description: xxxviii, 247 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 014018998X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 185.6 .D797 1996x
Contents:
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 -- Sorrow songs -- Afterthought.
Summary: First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxvii-xxxviii).

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 -- Sorrow songs -- Afterthought.

First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change.

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