The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: W. E. B. Du Bois
- First Published: 1962
- Time of Work: 1730–1960
- Setting: Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States
- Principal Characters: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, John Hope, Shirley Graham, Joel Spingarn, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, Paul Robeson, Rutherford B. Hayes, O. John Rogge
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, Pan-Africanism, Traveling or travelers, Communism or communists, Politics, Racism, Autobiography, Education or educators
- Locales: Africa, Europe, United States, Asia
Form and Content
The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century is at once a memoir, a travelogue, a political essay, a sociohistorical record, and a documentary anthology. During Du Bois’ nine decades, he was often at the center of political and social controversy, and his autobiography is a narrative of his involvement in public life and the development of his ideas.
The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, consisting of five chapters, is an eastbound political travelogue in 1958–1959...
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