Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963.

The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois ; with an introduction by Donald B. Gibson ; and with notes by Monica M. Elbert. - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1996. - xxxviii, 247 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin twentieth-century classics .

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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African Americans.

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