| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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eth African Americans lcdgt |
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nat Americans lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1: biography of a race, 1868-1919 -- 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" -- |
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Vol. 2: the fight for equality and the American century, 1919-1963 -- The reason why -- Du Bois and Garvey: two "Pan-Africas" -- On being crazy and somewhat devious -- Rearranging Ethiopia abroad and at home -- Civil rights by copyright -- Bolsheviks and dark princesses -- The possibility of democracy in America -- Holding on, amorously and angrily -- A new racial philosophy -- Atlanta: black reconstruction and Casanova unbound -- Dictatorships compared: Germany, Russia, China, Japan -- Atlanta: the politics of knowledge -- Atlanta: soldiering on -- Against the grain: from the NAACP to the far left -- Exeunt. |
| Awards |
Volume 1 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards, 1994. |
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Volume 1 Phi Beta Kappa Society Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, 1994. |
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Volume 1 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 1994. |
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Volume 1 Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 1994. |
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Volume 2 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards, 2001. |
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Volume 2 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2001. |
| Summary |
This second volume of what is already a classic work begins with the triumphal return from WWI of African American veterans to the shattering reality of racism and lynching even as America discovers the New Negro of literature and art. In stunning detail, Lewis chronicles the little-known political agenda behind the Harlem Renaissance and Du Bois's relentless fight for equality and justice, including his steadfast refusal to allow whites to interpret the aspirations of black America. Seared by the rejection of terrified liberals and the black bourgeoisie during the Communist witch-hunts, Du Bois ended his days in uncompromising exile in newly independent Ghana. In re-creating the turbulent times in which he lived and fought, Lewis restores the inspiring and famed Du Bois to his central place in American history. |
| Performer |
[V. 1.] Biography of a race, 1868-1919 -- [v. 2.] The fight for equality and the American century, 1919-1963. |
| Subject |
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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African American intellectuals -- Biography.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (OCoLC)fst00053661
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African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
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African American intellectuals. (OCoLC)fst00799204
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Civil Rights Movement.
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| Chronological Term |
1877-1964
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
W.E.B. DuBois |
| ISBN |
0805026215 (v. 1) |
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9780805026214 (v. 1) |
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0805025340 (v. 2) |
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9780805025347 (v. 2) |
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0805035680 (v. 1 ; pbk.) |
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9780805035681 (v. 1 ; pbk.) |
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0805068139 (v. 2 ; pbk.) |
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9780805068139 (v. 2 ; pbk.) |
