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W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most influential leaders of black thought in American history. Setting out to show to the reader "the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century," Du Bois wrote at length about the meaning and importance of emancipation... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

A thorough account of Africa's history and its lasting influence on Western culture told from the perspective of the disparate descendants who inherited its legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois highlights the hidden stories that connect these varied communities.

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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

Africa is at once the most romantic and the most tragic of continents. So begins The Negro, the first comprehensive history of African and African-derived people, from their early cultures through the period of the slave trade and into the twentieth century.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a black civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95. "The time has not yet come for a complete history... Read Full Overview

The Negro is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois published in 1915. It is an overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the sub-Saharan cultures, including Zimbabwe, Ghana and Songhai, as well as covering the history of the slave trade and the history of Africans... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1915 written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963), an American sociologist, the book was acclaimed in its time, widely read, and deeply influential in both the white and black communities, yet this beautifully written history is virtually... Read Full Overview

A true classic by early civil rights activist, intellectual, and head of the NAACP, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. W.E.B. Du Bois earned his first degree in 1888 at Fisk University, and went on the receive degrees from Harvard and the University of Berlin in Germany. Du Bois... Read Full Overview

A thorough account of Africa's history and its lasting influence on Western culture told from the perspective of the disparate descendants who inherited its legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois highlights the hidden stories that connect these varied communities.

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Originally published in 1915, Dr. W.E.B Du Bois' "little book," as he called it, was one of the most important and seminal works on Africa and African American history. It was small in size but gigantic in purpose. In it Du Bois, unquestionably an eminent historian, brilliantly... Read Full Overview

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negro peoples. Archeological research in Africa has just begun, and many sources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues are not fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be confessed, racial prejudice... Read Full Overview

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a black civil rights activist leader Pan-Africanist sociologist educator historian writer editor poet and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95. "The time has not yet come for a complete history of the... Read Full Overview

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a black civil rights activist leader Pan-Africanist sociologist educator historian writer editor poet and scholar. He became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 at the age of 95. "The time has not yet come for a complete history of the... Read Full Overview

In The Negro, W.E.B. Du Bois presents a concise yet sweeping history of Africa and its people, challenging Eurocentric narratives. The work traces African civilizations from ancient times, highlighting their contributions to global culture and the effects of colonization and... Read Full Overview

This is a pioneering work on African-American history by the noted activist and scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois. Born in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, Du Bois lived until 1963, one year before the March on Washington. He was a founder of the NAACP, and worked his... Read Full Overview