W. E. B Du Bois
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English
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"This collection of essays by scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois is a masterpiece in the African American canon. Du Bois, arguably the most influential African American leader of the early twentieth century, offers insightful commentary on black history, racism, and the struggles of black Americans following emancipation. In his groundbreaking work, the author presciently writes that 'the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,'...
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English
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The main characters, Bles Alwyn and Zora, are two young black rural Alabamians of the early 20th [century] who struggle against white supremacy, peon-masters, robber barons, political corruption--and in Zora's case, extreme misogyny--to improve their lives and those of their brethren and sistren. Everyone in the novel is wonderfully rendered in three full dimensions--especially among the supporting cast, Mary Taylor, Northern white schoolteacher cum...
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Modern reader paperbacks ; 363
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Pub. Date
1975.
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English
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Library of America ; 350
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Presents the pioneering work of revisionist scholarship that was written to debunk racist ideas and emphases that had disfigured the historical record on Reconstruction, along with other important writings that trace Du Bois's thinking about Reconstruction throughout his career."--
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New World paperback ; NW-S-7
Publisher
International Publishers
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English