The Negro

by W. E. B. Du Bois

Overview

W. E. B. Du Bois was a historian and a leading civil rights activist.  Du Bois formed the Niagara Movement which was a group of African-American activists that demanded full civil rights.  Du Bois was also an influential writer in African-American literature.  This edition of The Negro includes a table of contents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781518399985
Publisher:	Kypros Press
Publication date:	02/06/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	846 KB

About the Author

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center (www.oxfordaasc.com).

Table of Contents

Series Introduction: The Black Letters on the Sign
Introduction
Preface
I. Africa
II. The Coming of Black Men
III. Ethiopia and Egypt
IV. The Niger and Islam
V. Guinea and Congo
VI. The Great Lakes and Zymbabwe
VII. The War of Races at Land's End
VIII. African Culture
IX. The Trade in Men
X. The West Indies and Latin America
XI. The Negro in the United States
XII. The Negro Problems
Suggestions for Further Reader
Index
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: A Chronology
Selected Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"This set represents an invaluable assembly of the works of the pioneering African American scholar, activist, and creative genius....The introductions to the individual volumes are written by such distinguished scholars as to make those writings indispensable treasures in their own right. Recommended for all public libraries and essential for every academic institution."—Library Journal (starred review)

"This set is a valuable contribution to African-American scholarship. It has the potential to introduce a new readership to the scope and breadth of a unique and seminal thinker. The works included can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the issues now facing contemporary Americans....[A] breathtaking collection."—School Library Journal

"The general introduction and the introductions to each of Du Bois's works form a valuable opus in their own right, as they convey the author's political and social theories and indicate the richness and development of his ideas....The realities of slavery, racism, and segregation in the United States are always at the forefront, making these works (many of them out-of-print) continually pertinent and forceful reading....This set will be an essential addition to public and college libraries."—Reference and Research Book News

"This set will be vital to all large university libraries with collections in African American history and American literature."—American Reference Books Annual

"Examining Du Bois's oeuvre in its totality reveals an arc to his career, swinging from the formal scholarly writing of his early years to a trenchant and trademark blend of history, memoir, and polemic....Bringing together all of DuBois's work as a whole, observes [Lawrence D. Bobo of Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity], 'reveals the enormity of his intellect, and how it was ignored in his day."—The Chronicle of Philanthropy

"W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) published 22 works during his long career, all of them contained within this impressive and painstaking collected set....the general introduction and the introductions to each of Du Bois's works form a valuable opus in their own right, as they convey the author's political and social theories and indicate the richness and development of his ideas. Du Bois's conception of race and color in America is a central theme throughout his oeuvre, beginning with his seminal Souls of Black Folk of 1903. The realities of slavery, racism, and segregation in the United States are always at the forefront, making these works (many of them out-of-print) continually pertinent and forceful reading....This set will be an essential addition to public and college libraries."—Reference and Research Book News

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