The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)

love it a MUST read

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is a groundbreaking work that examines the experiences of Black Americans in the post-Reconstruction era. Through essays, Du Bois explores themes of racial inequality, the concept of “double consciousness,” and the struggle for civil rights. His powerful prose and deep insights make this a must-read for understanding the complexities of race in America. A timeless and essential work in both history and literature.

It is a book that is sure to shake your confidence in human nature. Why should be people be so cruel to others? One can only be thankful that Du Bois captured this aspect of life, so vividly and so movingly.

This should be required reading

Excellent book from an insightful mind. Thoughtful and well ahead of it's time.

This deep and insightful expose on the life, trials and tribulations of what it means to be black at the end of slavery and the beginning of the twentieth century is an eye opener. Du Bois invites the reader into an otherwise hidden world of the struggles that black people endured not just at the hand of society, but within their own environment as individuals strive to move themselves from the live they were born into, to achieve their dreams and aspiration of a better life; not just for themselves, but for their future generation. Although I have not read this book fully, I will continue to dip in and out of it to continue learning more about a time past that has had so much impact on my presence because of the sacrifice and endurance of those gone on before me. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious in learning more about the history of the ex-slaves and their contribution to society; even if most of that contribution is unacknowledged.

SHOULD BE READ BY ALL FOR FURTHER KNOWLEDGE AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF A NATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED FROM THE ROOTS AND ROBBED OF THEIR HERITAGE AND ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY BY A WIDE VARIETY OF INVADERS WHO SEEKED TO STEAL RAPE AND DESTROY A PEOPLE AND STILL ARE TO THIS VERY DAY. PLANT THE SEED AND WATCH IT GROW.

This book is so so so brilliant - Only God knows why I hadn't read it earlier. Have even ordered copies for friends! An excellent book.

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This book is a must read! The Souls of Black Folk was so good that I referenced it in my book: The Real Wakandas of Africa by Maurice Miles Martinez. W. E. B. Du Bois earned his PhD from Harvard at a time when African-Americans were not considered for such degrees. He was a Black intellectual who was heavily involved in the civil rights movement of the early 1900s. The Souls of Black Folk takes the reader through a series of essays. These essays brilliantly discuss many of the racial issues of the time. Some of them cover his experiences at Fisk University in the south. Du Bois gets into detail about many different topics which transform his understanding about race. He was an advocate of the talented tenth and engaged Booker T. Washington in dialogue. For those not aware of the history of Black America at that time, Booker T. Washington was perhaps the most prominent Black leader outside of Du Bois. Washington had been enslaved, established Tuskegee university and dined with at least one president of the United States. Thus, the section of this book that engages Booker T. Washington offers a considerable amount of insight into what was prominent a national discussion of that era. Put another way, the DuBois – Washington debate was similar in importance to the debate between Dr. King in Malcolm X in the 1960s. Du Bois was brilliant in his own right and raised questions about racism in Georgia and other places. He’s candid when he was ignorant of certain facts which only adds to his genius. For every genius intellect can admit when he/she doesn’t know something. More specifically, he discussed Dougherty County Georgia and provided an array of facts about the economics of growing cotton there. He detailed how cotton was used to keep people in debt under the system of racism. Like The Souls of Black folk, I also discuss a variety of issues around race which transpired during the pre and post reconstruction era in my book The Real Wakandas of Africa. I explain how these issues are still prevalent in society today. However, unlike other works, I also discuss the rich history of Africans prior to slavery. Africans built the tallest building in the world which stood for more than 4000 years, towering over all other world structures. Africans conducted surgery on the eye to remove cataracts hundreds of years ago and performed successful cesarean sections with antiseptics before they were known in the rest of the world. Africans built monumental structures such as a wall for which I also wrote a book called: The Great Wall of Africa: The Empire of Benin’s 10,000 Mile Long Wall by Maurice Miles Martinez. It is these stories that are often missing from the history of Black people in the Americas and African diaspora. Indeed, The Souls of Black Folk is a worthy read. Any person wanting to better understand the development of race in the late 1800s and early 1900s should read this book. Pick up a copy today!

Great book for air travel reading. Chapters are more or less independent of each other; some history some personal narrative some pretty aggressive rhetoric.

Not a quick read, to say the least, but rather something to go through slowly and piecemeal, savoring his oratory and vocabulary. (Did Du Bois popularize "zeitgeist" here a century before, e.g., Spy magazine?) Even when he's making the case for something that you feel is common sense or self-evident in 2024, he does so so beautifully that it's worth reading.

Tres intéressant mais pas toujours facile (j’ai eu du mal à comprendre certains mots/expressions).