by W. E. B. Du Bois (Author)

"This masterfully edited collection of some of the essays, papers, and addresses of the leading social and political thinker of the African diaspora during the first half of the twentieth century is worth every exhilarating moment that one spends perusing it."-Journal of American History

Author Biography

W.E.B. Du Bois was a critic, editor, scholar, author, and civil rights leader. Herbert Aptheker was a colleague of Du Bois's and a historian of the Afro-American experience.