Prayers For Dark People

A collection of prayers written by Du Bois for students at Atlanta University, thoughtfully compiled and introduced by Herbert Aptheker. These prayers are deeply commited to paying attention to and caring for the inner lives of black Americans. Biblical familiarity and agnosticity are both present in these autobiographical writings, uplifting the hopes and practices of W. E. B. Du Bois's life, while meditating on the still relevant question of how to make "a good life for all".
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Prayers For Dark People

A collection of prayers written by Du Bois for students at Atlanta University, thoughtfully compiled and introduced by Herbert Aptheker. These prayers are deeply commited to paying attention to and caring for the inner lives of black Americans. Biblical familiarity and agnosticity are both present in these autobiographical writings, uplifting the hopes and practices of W. E. B. Du Bois's life, while meditating on the still relevant question of how to make "a good life for all".
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Prayers For Dark People

Prayers For Dark People

Prayers For Dark People

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A collection of prayers written by Du Bois for students at Atlanta University, thoughtfully compiled and introduced by Herbert Aptheker. These prayers are deeply commited to paying attention to and caring for the inner lives of black Americans. Biblical familiarity and agnosticity are both present in these autobiographical writings, uplifting the hopes and practices of W. E. B. Du Bois's life, while meditating on the still relevant question of how to make "a good life for all".

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780870233036
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
Publication date: 08/28/1980
Series: Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois
Pages: 90
Sales rank: 405,420
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

About The Author

W.E.B. Du Bois was a critic, editor, scholar, author, and civil rights leader.

Herbert Aptheker was a colleague of Du Bois's and a historian of the Afro-American experience.

University of Massachusetts Press

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