Classicly Collection of Books

The Negro Problem

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Negro Problem is a collection of seven essays by prominent Black American writers, such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Laurence Dunbar, edited by Booker T. Washington, and published in 1903. It cove..

Frederick Douglass

Charles W. Chesnutt

A concise and well-written biography of the great abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, written just four years after his death. With a chronology and bibliography...

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2

George Washington Williams

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2  is historical account written by George Washington Williams. This second volume brings the History of the Negro Race In America fro..

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

Kelly Miller

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights is a non-fiction work by Kelly Miller. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base..

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an ex..

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

The Crafts

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom is a written account by Ellen Craft and William Craft first published in 1860. Their book reached wide audiences in Great Britain and the United States and it repr..

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk is a work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literary history. The book, publis..

The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America

W.E.B. Du Bois

Based on his Harvard University doctoral dissertation, The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 (1896) was Du Bois' first book. It was published in the Har..