W.E.B. Du Bois : a life in American history

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W.E.B. Du Bois : a life in American history

Charisse Burden-Stelly and Gerald Horne

(Black history lives)

ABC-CLIO, c2019

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Summary: "This book provides a new interpretation of the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most important African-American scholars and thinkers of the twentieth century"

"Timeline": p. 211-214

Bibliography: p. 229-241

Includes index

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This book provides a new interpretation of the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most important African American scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. This revealing biography captures the full life of W.E.B. Du Bois-historian, sociologist, author, editor, and a leader in the fight to bring African Americans more fully into the American landscape as well as a forceful proponent of their leaving America altogether and returning to Africa. Drawing on extensive research and including new primary documents, sidebars, and analysis, Gerald Horne and Charisse Burden-Stelly offer a portrait of this remarkable man, paying special attention to the often-overlooked radical decades at the end of Du Bois's life. The book also highlights Du Bois's relationships with and influence on civil rights activists, intellectuals, and freedom fighters, among them Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Louise Thompson Patterson, William Alphaeus Hunton, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The biography includes a selection of primary source documents, including personal letters, speeches, poems, and newspaper articles, that provide insight into Du Bois's life based on his own words and analysis.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Chapter 1 A Life Beginning Chapter 2 A Life of Excellence Chapter 3 A Life of Protest Chapter 4 A Life of Creation Chapter 5 A Life of Pathways Chapter 6 A Life of Conflict Chapter 7 A Life in the Talented Tenth Chapter 8 A Life of Departure Chapter 9 A Life in Wartime Chapter 10 A Life of Radicalism Chapter 11 A Life on Trial Chapter 12 A Life of Redemption Why W.E.B. Du Bois Matters Timeline Primary Documents Bibliography Index

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