W. E. B Du Bois
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1280L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Often revealingly autobiographical, Du Bois explores topics as diverse as the death of his infant son and the politics of Booker T. Washington. In every essay, he shows the consequences of both a political color line and an internal one, as he grapples with the contradictions of being black and being American.--Publisher's description.
16) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 34
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
"Historian, sociologist, novelist, editor, and political activist, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the most gifted and influential black intellectual of his time. This Library of America volume presents his essential writings, covering the full span of a restless life dedicated to the struggle for racial justice."--The publisher's website
Author
Publisher
Left Coast Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
W.E.B Du Bois stands as the preeminent Africanist and Pan-Africanist of the twentieth century, but, also, arguably the most important Black intellectual of his time. Though often lauded for his work on African Americans specifically, he was also the champion of the African continent, its peoples, and its entire diaspora throughout his life. Despite this fact, his work on Africa has been underemphasized and under theorized in much of the scholarly...