The landmark book about being black in America, now in an expanded edition commemorating the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois’s birth and featuring a new introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and How to Be an Antiracist “The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America—and it remains both a touchstone in the literature of African America and a beacon in the fight for civil rights. Believing that one can know the “soul” of a race by knowing the souls of individuals, W. E. B. Du Bois combines history and stirring autobiography to reflect on the magnitude of American racism and to chart a path forward against oppression, and introduces the now-famous concepts of the color line, the veil, and double-consciousness. This edition of Du Bois’s visionary masterpiece includes two additional essays that have become essential reading: “The Souls of White Folk,” from his 1920 book Darkwater, and “The Talented Tenth.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Souls of Black Folk: With "The Talented Tenth" and "The Souls of White Folk" (Penguin Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

W.E.B. Du Bois

Donald B. Gibson

Monica M. Elbert

Community & Culture

Penguin Classics

Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception of blacks within American society.

The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics)

Du Bois, W. E. B., Blight, David W., Gooding-Williams, Robert

The Souls of Black Folk;The Bedford Series in History and Culture

Politics & Social Sciences

David W. Blight

Robert Gooding-Williams

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This unique new thematic composition reader brings together 6 key texts from the past and multiple contemporary reverberations to engage students in some of today’s most significant cultural conversations.

Cultural Conversations: The Presence of the Past

ALICE WALKER

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

AUDRE LORDE

BELL HOOKS

Langston Hughes

Virginia, Woolf

Anthropology

Bedford/St.Martin's

The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches

Franklin Classics Trade Press

The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

Isabel Eaton

Title: The Seventh Son: Volume One Only

Vintage

two books, vol 1 and 2 at the price of one.

The Seventh Son, Vol. 2: The Thought and Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois

Vintage Books

The Souls of Black Folk, Atlanta Exposition Address, Booker T. and W.E.B., Address to the 4th International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World, from Coming of Age in Mississippi, from Warriors Don't Cry, After Dreaming of President Johnson, Communication and Reality, Address to the 1988 Democratic National Convention, from Sushi and Grits; Ethnic Identity and Conflicts in a Newly Multicultural America 384 pages

The Souls of Black Folk and Related Readings (Literature Connections)

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

MCDOUGAL LITTEL

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