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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



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Autore: Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.> Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2007]
©2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
Disciplina: 305.896/0730092
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Soggetto topico: African Americans
African American authors
Intellectuals - United States
Civil rights workers - United States
African Americans - Civil rights - History
Pan-Africanism - History
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
Titolo autorizzato: In battle for peace  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-938689-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828477103321
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