W.E.B. Dubois: A Biography

by Virginia Hamilton

Characterizes the American Black experience and the fight for civil rights, describes the enormous influence of Dr. Du Bois as a civil rights activist, and explains why he was ignored for many years by the majority of Americans

192 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 1992

About the author

Virginia Esther Hamilton was the author of forty-one works of fiction and nonfiction. She was the first Black writer awarded the Newbery Medal and the first children's writer to be named a MacArthur Fellow (the "Genius" grant). She also received the National Book Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal.

Reviews

[Ed Meade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent overview of the life of DuBois. Excellent survey of the plight of African Americans from Reconstruction to late 1920's.

[imaginemeandsue · Rating 4 out of 5]

eloquently written and recorded, this is one of the rare biographies i’ve read and it’s truly fascinating. i never knew i could learn so much from a life already lived. Hamilton puts Dr. Du Bois’ life in perspective to modern times, using universal truths and understandings to make his long life all the more expansive. a true work of art…never knew a biography could be so hooking and sincere.