Cheer the Lonesome Traveler (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Alexander Lacy
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1868–1963
- Setting: Massachusetts, Georgia, Africa, Europe, the Soviet Union, and China
- Principal Characters: W. E. B. Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Kwame Nkrumah, Booker T. Washington
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, Pan-Africanism, Racism, Race, Leadership, Biography
- Locales: Africa, Europe, Soviet Union, Georgia, Massachusetts, China
Form and Content
In Cheer the Lonesome Traveler: The Life of W. E. B. Du Bois, Leslie Alexander Lacy seeks to interpret the highlights of the life and career of Du Bois that distinguished him as a great African-American leader. While the chapters of Cheer the Lonesome Traveler recount Du Bois’ life chronologically, Lacy writes in the introduction that his work is largely devoted to answering the following questions:
What was the young Du Bois really like? Why was the conflict between him and Booker T. Washington so intense? Why did he criticize Marcus...
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