W.E.B. Du Bois: An Encyclopedia

by Gerald Horne

Book Overview

Carrying W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopedia covers all of the highlights of his life--his studying at Fisk, Harvard, and Berlin, his tiff with Booker T. Washington, his role with the NAACP and Pan-Africanism, his writings, his globe trotting, and his exile in Ghana. With contributions by leading scholars and a foreword by David Levering Lewis, the book provides a complete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313296650
• ISBN13: 9780313296659
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12