The Souls of Black Folk (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: W. E. B. Du Bois
- First Published: 1903
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Philosophy, Essays
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, Justice, Pan-Africanism, Racism, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Poverty or poor people, Ku Klux Klan, Suffrage or voting rights, Terrorism or terrorists, Progress
The Work
The Souls of Black Folk is the passionate and eloquent story of an individual, W. E. B. Du Bois, and a group, African Americans. Du Bois could not forget that his world was divided by a color line. Du Bois calls the experience generated by the color line the veil and allows his readers to walk with him within the veil. He does this with songs of sorrow that introduce each chapter.
The second chapter begins with the famous lines: “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” These prophetic words tell the story of American...
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