The Souls of Black Folks

from dr.rentfro

I read this book for the first time when I was in my doctoral coursework taking a historical philosophy course. EXCELLENT book! Within two weeks of reading it I was visiting my hometown in the south. While there I reread the book and (WOW!)saw that although we think things have changed, they have...

from erwinkennythomas

W. E. B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk takes an in-depth look at slavery in America in the 19th century. It is composed of a collection of articles that Du Bois wrote for various publications. These articles touched on the sociological, historical, psychological, and economic aspects of slaver...

from alaskabookworm

I can see why this book is a classic. Despite my 5-star rating, it was very, very tough going for me; painful at times. Nevertheless, extremely worthwhile to get inside the head and passions of an extremely brilliant African-American man at the turn of the century. I suspect a great many of his i...

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note: I read a different edition, but the app isn't letting me pick which edition. du Bois has been criticised for both elitism and sexism, and I can see why. But even for me, who does not forgive those flaws lightly, the work outshines it's failings. this book is rightly one of the foundationa...

from missbrandysue

W.E.B. Du Bois narrates his journeys of the South after the Emancipation of slavery. It tells of the systemic racism that was institutionalized during this time. My professor at the University of Texas at Austin told me to read this after discussion of Booker T Washington's book, Up From Slaver...