The Souls of Black Folk (2nd ed)

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The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
by W. E. B. Du Bois

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The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work of African-American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois drew from his own experiences to develop this groundbreaking work on being African-American in American society. Outside of its notable place in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the early works to deal with sociology.Warning: template has been deprecated.

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THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK

THE

SOULS OF BLACK FOLK

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES

BY

W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS

SECOND EDITION

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1903

Copyright

A. C. McClurg & Co.

1903

Published April 18, 1903
Second edition June 1, 1903

UNIVERSITY PRESS • JOHN WILSON
AND SON • CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

TO

BURGHARDT AND YOLANDE

THE LOST AND THE FOUND

Herein is Written
		Page
The Forethought		vii
I.	Of our Spiritual Strivings	1
II.	Of the Dawn of Freedom	13
III.	Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others	41
IV.	Of the Meaning of Progress	60
V.	Of the Wings of Atalanta	75
VI.	Of the Training of Black Men	88
VII.	Of the Black Belt	110
VIII.	Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece	135
IX.	Of the Sons of Master and Man	163
X.	Of the Faith of the Fathers	189
XI.	Of the Passing of the First-Born	207
XII.	Of Alexander Crummell	215
XIII.	Of the Coming of John	228
XIV.	Of the Sorrow Songs	250

The After-thought		265

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