The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois | The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois

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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...

The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois | The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois

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Form and Content

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