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(0)W. E. B Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois was a historian and a leading civil rights activist. Du Bois formed the Niagara Movement which was a group of African-American activists that demanded full civil rights. Du Bois was also an influential writer in African-American literature. This edition of The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel includes a table of contents.
The Souls of Black Folk is the seminal work by Du Bois on race in late 19th-century North America. The way we think about and examine race today stems from his ideas. He spoke of the "double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others," and of the progress and obstacles to progress of the black American.
The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard and a cofounder of the NAACP, W. E. B. Du Bois remains a towering figure in US history. In The Gift of Black Folk, he celebrates Black Americans’ struggle for equality—a battle that would...
4) The negro
W. E. B. Du Bois was a historian and a leading civil rights activist. Du Bois formed the Niagara Movement which was a group of African-American activists that demanded full civil rights. Du Bois was also an influential writer in African-American literature. This edition of The Negro includes a table of contents.
W.E.B. Du Bois was an American historian and civil rights activist. Du Bois, along with Booker T. Washington, was one of the most influential African Americans in the early 20th century. Du Bois and Washington wanted many of the same things but through different means. Their contributions helped pave the way for Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was enacted just 1 year after Du Bois death. This edition of Du Bois The Suppression of the African Slave
...10) John Brown
In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: "When John Brown stretched forth his arm ... the clash of arms was at hand." DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a...
11) Writings
The Harlem Renaissance sociologist explores early-twentieth-century attitudes toward race in this tale of romance, politics, and justice.
Matthew Towns is a hardworking medical student with dreams of becoming an obstetrician, but his race prevents him from completing his required courses at a white hospital. Frustrated with America, he exiles himself to Germany.
In Berlin, he meets the daughter of a maharaja, Princess Kautilya,
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