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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465045103321

Autore

Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.>

Titolo

In battle for peace : the story of my 83rd birthday / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; with comment by Shirley Graham ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ; introduction by Manning Marable

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

0-19-938689-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Disciplina

305.896/0730092

B

Soggetti

African Americans

African American authors

Intellectuals - United States

Civil rights workers - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History

Pan-Africanism - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

About birthdays -- The council on African Affairs -- My habit of travel -- Peace congresses -- The Peace Information Center -- My campaign for senator -- The indictment -- The birthday dinner -- An indicted criminal -- The pilgrimages for defense -- Oh! John Rogge -- The trial -- The acquittal -- Interpretations.

Sommario/riassunto

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable



editorials and journalistic pieces, and several