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W.E.B. Du Bois : biography of a race, 1868-1919 / David Levering Lewis.

Author/creator Lewis, David Levering, 1936-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : H. Holt, 1993.
Description735 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Variant title W.E.B DuBois : biography of a race, 1868-1919
Variant title WEB DuBois : biography of a race, 1868-1919
Contents Postlude to the future -- Mary Silvina's Great Barrington -- Berkshire prodigy -- The age of miracles: Fisk and Josie's world -- The age of miracles: "at but not of Harvard" -- Lehrjahre -- Wilberforce: book mentor, marriage -- From Philadelphia to Atlanta -- Social science, ambition, and Tuskegee -- Clashing temperaments -- The souls of black folk -- Going over Niagara: Du Bois and Washington -- Atlanta: scholar behind the veil -- NAACP: the beginning -- Rise of the crisis, decline of the wizard -- Connections at home and abroad -- Crises at The Crisis -- The perpetual drama -- "The wounded world."
Abstract Biography of civil rights movement leader W.E.B. Du Bois concentrating on the early and middle years of his long and intense career.
General note"A John MacRae book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
Awards notePulitzer Prize, Biography, 2001.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 93016617
ISBN0805026215
ISBN9780805026214

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection E185.97.D73 L48 1993 ✔ Available Request Material