The New Crisis, May 1st, 2001
The Negro, by W.E.B. Du Bois (University of Pennsylvania Press, $14.95 paperback) First published in May 1915, The Negro is one of W.E.B. Du Bois' Lesser-known writings. The significance of his sixth book, however, is formidable in that it is regarded as the first overall examination of the history of people of African descent written in English. In order to advance their own interests and harvest, unfettered, the rich resources of Africa, Europeans long denied the continent had a meaningful history. Du Bois' book was an attempt to overrule such dismissals. In his 1994 biography of Du Bois, D...
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