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The Souls of Black Folk (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Hardcover - 2005

by W. E. Du Bois; Introduction by Farah Jasmine Griffin; Notes by Farah Jasmine Griffin


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Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception of blacks within American society.

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One of the most influential books ever published in America, W. E. B. Du Bois s The Souls of Black Folk is an eloquent collection of fourteen essays that describe the life, the ambitions, the struggles, and the passions of African Americans at the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.

The first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation s history from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. In The Souls of Black Folk, published in 1903, Du Bois argued against the conciliatory position taken by Booker T. Washington, at the time the most influential black leader in America, and called for a more radical form of aggressive protesta strategy that would anticipate and inspire much of the activism of the 1960s.

Du Bois s essays were the first to articulate many of Black America s thoughts and feelings, including the dilemma posed by the black psyche s double consciousness, which Du Bois described as this twonessan American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings . . . in one dark body. Every essay in The Souls of Black Folk is a jewel of intellectual prowess, eloquent language, and groundbreaking insight. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the struggle for Civil Rights in America.

Farah Jasmine Griffin is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City.

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BETWEEN me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.

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  • Title The Souls of Black Folk (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
  • Author W. E. Du Bois; Introduction by Farah Jasmine Griffin; Notes by Farah Jasmine Griffin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition REPRINT Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Barnes & Noble Classics, New York
  • Date January 6, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781593081713 / 1593081715
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 6.36 x 0.91 in (21.62 x 16.15 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.049
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