Synopsis An eloquent collection of essays, first published in 1903, that has stood the test of time as one of the most thoughtful and prophetic texts in American letters on the subject of race and racism. Du Bois is particularly severe on the consequences of the moderate philosophies of Booker T. Washington, and advocates a bolder stance, including the right to vote, civic equality, and the education of black youth.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-11-17 | | Narrated by: | Richard Allen |
| Size | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 3.2 oz |
Industry Reviews "Many passages of the book will be very interesting to the student of the negro character who regards the race ethnologically and not politically, not as a dark cloud threatening the future of the United States, but as a peculiar people, and one, after all, but little understood by the best of its friends or the worst of its enemies..." Duffus
"The book is of curious warp and woof, and the poetical form of the title is the index to much of its content and phraseology....Many passages of the book will be very interesting to the student of the negro character who regards the race ethnologically and not politically, not as a dark cloud threatening the future of the United States, but as a peculiar people, and one, after all, but little understood by the best of its friends or the worst of its enemies outside of what the author of THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK is fond of calling the "Awful Veil." New York Times (04/25/1903)
| See an error? Submit a change request |