W. E. B. Du Bois

Few figures are more seminal in the abolitionist movement in America than John Brown. His firebrand approach to the movement arose out of his religiously inspired and deep-seated belief that slavery was not only morally unjust but that its removal...

The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois...

The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a story of romance, race, economics and politics set around the 1900s. Here, a traditionally educated boy and an unschooled “swamp girl” each begin a journey toward love, ambition and redemption in the “Old South.”...

“Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.”The Souls of Black Folk was...

Between a nation’s promise and its reality stands a divided soul.In The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois delivers a profound meditation on race, identity, and democracy in post–Civil War America. Blending history, sociology, memoir, and spiritual...

“I believe in pride of race and lineage and self; in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”“Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.America promises freedom, yet wears a different mask for Black folks. W.E.B. Du Bois peels back the layers in "The Souls of Black Folk," a groundbreaking exploration of identity. Grapple with the "double...