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W.E.B. Du Bois

Born

in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, The United States

February 23, 1868

Died

August 27, 1963

Genre

Sociology, History, Political Science

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In 1868, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced 'doo-boyz') was born in Massachusetts. He attended Fisk College in Nashville, then earned his BA in 1890 and his MS in 1891 from Harvard. Du Bois studied at the University of Berlin, then earned his doctorate in history from Harvard in 1894. He taught economics and history at Atlanta University from 1897-1910. The Souls of Black Folk (1903) made his name, in which he urged black Americans to stand up for their educational and economic rights. Du Bois was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and edited the NAACP's official journal, "Crisis," from 1910 to 1934. Du Bois turned "Crisis" into the foremost black literary journal. The black nationalist ex ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 61,982 ratings · 4,409 reviews · 597 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 45,919 ratings — published 1903 — 1637 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois, David Levering Lewis (Introduction) 4.52 avg rating — 3,440 ratings — published 1935 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil 4.30 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 1920 — 379 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Brown by W.E.B. Du Bois, David R. Roediger (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 925 ratings — published 1909 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Comet 3.88 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 1920 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quest of the Silver Fleece 4.12 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1911 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study 4.32 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 1899 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writings: The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade / The Souls of Black Folk / Dusk of Dawn / Essays and Articles 4.37 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Negro 4.34 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1915 — 159 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Souls of Black Folk: with The Talented Tenth and The Souls of White Folks by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ibram X. Kendi (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.27 avg rating — 295 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
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“Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
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“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”
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The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B. Du Bois

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

20 votes 29.9%

The Long March, by William Styron

12 votes 17.9%

The Marrow of Tradition, by Charles W. Chesnutt

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The Hard Blue Sky, by Shirley Ann Grau

4 votes 6.0%

Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers, by Horace Kephart

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