W. E. B. Du Bois

Darkwater

Voices from within the Veil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A powerful, eloquent, passionate and poetic autobiographical document from one of the 20th century's most influential leaders in the fight for racial equality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781716792748
• ISBN-10: 1716792746
• Artikelnr.: 60941151

Autorenporträt

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), also known as William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, was a prolific writer, scholar and civil rights activist. He was born in Massachusetts to a family of mixed African and European ancestry. Du Bois attended an integrated primary school before enrolling in Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was encouraged to pursue higher education, which inspired him to empower other Black people. Du Bois' storied legacy includes becoming the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, as well as co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Postscript
Credo
I: THE SHADOW OF YEARS
A Litany at Atlanta
II: THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK
The Riddle of the Sphinx
III: THE HANDS OF ETHIOPIA
The Princess of the Hither Isles
IV: OF WORK AND WEALTH
The Second Coming
V: "THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE"
Jesus Christ in Texas
VI: OF THE RULING OF MEN
The Call
VII: THE DAMNATION OF WOMEN
Children of the Moon
VIII: THE IMMORTAL CHILD
Almighty Death
IX: OF BEAUTY AND DEATH
The Prayers of God
X: THE COMET
A Hymn to the Peoples