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Darkwater
W.E.B. Du BoisDarkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a literary work by W.E.B. Du Bois. Published in 1920, the text incorporates autobiographical information as well as essays, spirituals, and poems that were al..
The Negro
W.E.B. Du BoisThe Negro is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois published in 1915. It is an overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the sub-Saharan cultures, including Great Zimbabwe, Ghana and Songha..
The Negro Problem
W.E.B. Du BoisThe 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..
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du BoisThe 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 BoisBased 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..
The Conservation of Races
W.E.B. Du BoisThe American Negro has always felt an intense personal interest in discussions as to the origins and destinies of races: primarily because back of most discussions of race with which he is familiar, h..
The Quest of the Silver Fleece
W.E.B. Du Bois"The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel" by W.E.B. Du Bois is a novel that examines American's prejudices during the 20th Century. Zora is a child of the Southern swamp and she falls in love with an ..
The Gift of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du BoisThis essay is an attempt to set forth more clearly than has hitherto been done the effect which the Negro has had upon American life. Its thesis is that despite slavery, war and caste, and despite our..