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W. E. B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

Follow the movement between history, argument, personal experience, and song as Du Bois examines the color line and the promises of freedom.

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Contents

  1. The Forethought
  2. Chapter I: Of Our Spiritual Strivings
  3. Chapter II: Of the Dawn of Freedom
  4. Chapter III: Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
  5. Chapter IV: Of the Meaning of Progress
  6. Chapter V: Of the Wings of Atalanta
  7. Chapter VI: Of the Training of Black Men
  8. Chapter VII: Of the Black Belt
  9. Chapter VIII: Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece
  10. Chapter IX: Of the Sons of Master and Man
  11. Chapter X: Of the Faith of the Fathers
  12. Chapter XI: Of the Passing of the First-Born
  13. Chapter XII: Of Alexander Crummell
  14. Chapter XIII: Of the Coming of John
  15. Chapter XIV: Of the Sorrow Songs
  16. The Afterthought

About this text

W. E. B. Du Bois. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 408. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

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