
The distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. Reflecting the author's ideas as a politician, historian,...


2014 Reprint of 1920 Edition. Written during a turning point in American history, "Darkwater" is a collection of poems, essays and autobiographical stories demanding political and social reform for African Americans. Expanding upon topics first discussed in "The Souls of Black...

Du Bois' foundational investigation of social justice and civil rights by means of essay, poetry, prayer and short science fiction. A new edition with a new introduction, Du Bois' radical text is a rare statement of values formed around the vision of a collective...

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement...


Initially published in 1920, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a combination of essays that tackle the power dynamics of gender, race and religion. It's a searing portrait of America influenced by Du Bois' own personal experiences. Du Bois delivers a...

A new edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' classic work of Black history and politics, featuring an introduction by award-winning poet and novelist Honor e Fanonne Jeffers
A passionate and searing takedown the global color line--from the legendary Black radical...


First Published in 1920, "Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil" is the first of three autobiographical works by W. E. B. Du Bois, the American sociologist, educator, author, historian, and civil rights activist. Presented as a collection of essays, poems, and spiritual songs,...

W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most celebrated intellectuals of the twentieth century, published Darkwater -- a powerful collection of essays, verse and fiction -- in 1920, two decades after his most famous book, The Souls of Black Folk. Throughout his long life and...


W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement...

A new edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' classic work of Black history and politics, featuring an introduction by award-winning poet and novelist Honor e Fanonne Jeffers
A passionate and searing takedown the global color line--from the legendary Black radical...

Initially published in 1920, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a combination of essays that tackle the power dynamics of gender, race and religion. It's a searing portrait of America influenced by Du Bois' own personal experiences. Du Bois delivers a...

In Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, early twentieth-century statesman of Black-American discourse W.E.B. Dubois weaves auto-fiction with poetry, social essay, and Afrofutrist storytelling that presages Butler, Due, Adjei-Brenyah, Shawl, and Jemisin. Three wise-men gather...

"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach." W.E.B. Du Bois

These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War. To this thinking I have only to add a point of view:...



These are the things of which men think who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War.

First published in 1920, this groundbreaking work by the pioneering African American scholar W. E. B. Du Bois is not only original and probing in its brilliant ideas but also experimental in presentation, ranging from detailed sociopolitical analyses to lyrical and poetic presentations.After...


Darkwater: The Twentieth Century Completion of Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book written by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois in 1920. It is a collection of essays, poems, and short stories that explore the experiences of African Americans in the United States during the early 20th century...
