W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race
- ISBN-10
- 1466841516
- ISBN-13
- 9781466841512
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 752
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-12-15
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Author
- David Levering Lewis
Description
This monumental biography by David Levering Lewis--eight years in the research and writing--treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how W.E.B. Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves.
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