W.E.B. DuBois--biography of a Race, 1868-1919
- ISBN-10
- 0805026215
- ISBN-13
- 9780805026214
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 735
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Authors
- David Levering Lewis, William E. B. Du Bois
Description
A definitive biography of the African-American author and scholar chronicles DuBois's life from his formative years, through his role as a founder of the NAACP, to his self-exile to Ghana.
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