The Souls of Black Folk

With The Talented Tenth and The Souls of White Folk

The Souls of Black Folk
W E B DU BOIS
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Hardback
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4 Jan 2021 US
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9780143134435
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"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line. " When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America-and it remains both a touchstone in the literature of African America and a beacon in the fight for civil rights. Believing that one can know the "soul" of a race by knowing the souls of individuals, W. E. B. Du Bois combines history and stirring autobiography to reflect on the magnitude of American racism and to chart a path forward against oppression, and introduces the now-famous concepts of the color line, the veil, and double-consciousness. This edition of Du Bois' s visionary masterpiece includes two additional essays that have become essential reading- "The Souls of White Folk," from his 1920 book Darkwater, and "The Talented Tenth. "For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
"I was assigned this book of essays in college and it was transformative for me as a person and a writer. Du Bois captures the complexity and the interiority of what it' s like to be black in the United States, and even though it was written more than a century ago, the way Du Bois writes makes it feel like he wrote this book last year. " --Tomi Adeyemi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone, in the Good Morning America Book Club"A work that is still relevant today . . . Vividly depict[s] what it was like to be black . . . Many of the ideas that Du Bois outlined in the book still endure. . . . [A book] for anyone who wants to understand America. " --Lynn Neary, NPR' s Morning Edition"[The Souls of Black Folk is] the foundation on which Du Bois built a lifetime of ideas, and on which the black and antiracist intelligentsia continues to build today. . . . In 1903 . . . black newspapers . . . typically shouted in unison, ' SHOULD BE READ AND STUDIED BY EVERY PERSON, WHITE AND BLACK. ' . . . And today it still SHOULD BE READ AND STUDIED BY EVERY PERSON. " --Ibram X. Kendi, from the Introduction
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. A sociologist, historian, poet, and writer of several novels, Du Bois was one of the main founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was a lifelong critic of American society and an advocate of black people against racial injustice. He spent his last years in Ghana, where he died in exile at the age of ninety-five. Ibram X. Kendi (introduction) is the author of the New York Times bestseller How to Be an Antiracist; the #1 New York Times bestseller Stamped- Racism, Antiracism, and You (with Jason Reynolds); and the New York Times bestseller Stamped from the Beginning- The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, for which he became the youngest ever winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction. A contributing writer at The Atlantic, and a professor of history and international relations and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, he lives in Washington, DC.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780143134435
Published: 4 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Penguin USA
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Hardback
Pages: 288

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