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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828476003321

Autore

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

Titolo

The souls of Black folk / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Arnold Rampersad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2007

ISBN

0-19-938414-2

0-19-938413-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Disciplina

973/.0496073

Soggetti

African Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. With a new introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK""; ""COPY RIGHT""; ""Contents""; ""The Black Letters on the Sign:W. E. B. Du Bois and the Canon""; ""Introduction Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University""; ""The Souls of Black Folk""; ""The Forethought""; ""CHAPTER I Of Our Spiritual Strivings""; ""CHAPTER II Of the Dawn of Freedom""; ""CHAPTER III Of Mr. Booker T.Washington and Others""; ""CHAPTER IV Of the Meaning of Progress""; ""CHAPTER V Of the Wings of Atalanta""; ""CHAPTER VI Of the Training of Black Men""; ""CHAPTER VII Of the Black Belt""; ""CHAPTER VIII Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece""

""CHAPTER IX Of the Sons of Master and Man""; ""CHAPTER X Of the Faith of the Fathers""; ""CHAPTER XI Of the Passing of the First-Born""; ""CHAPTER XII Of Alexander Crummell""; ""CHAPTER XIII Of the Coming of John""; ""CHAPTER XIV The Sorrow Songs""; ""The Afterthought""; ""William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: A Chronology""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""WORKS OF W. E. B. DU BOIS""; ""COLLECTIONS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHIES""; ""BIOGRAPHIES""; ""CRITICAL WORKS""

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