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W.E.B. Du Bois : a biography

Author: Gerald Horne
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, ©2010.
Series: Greenwood biographies.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English
Summary:
"Carrying W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopedia covers all of the highlights of his life--his studying at Fisk, Harvard, and Berlin, his tiff with Booker T. Washington, his role with the NAACP and Pan-Africanism, his writings, his globe trotting, and his exile in Ghana. With contributions by leading scholars and a foreword by David Levering  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Horne, Gerald.
W.E.B. Du Bois.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2010
(OCoLC)669405479
Named Person: W E B Du Bois
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gerald Horne
ISBN: 9780313349799 0313349797 9780313349805 0313349800
OCLC Number: 422756773
Description: xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Timeline of events in the life of W.E.B. Du Bois --
Beginnings --
Dr. Du Bois --
When titans collide --
Present at the creation --
A new path --
Conflicts --
Talented tenths --
Divorces --
Wars --
Turning point --
Trials --
Redemption.
Series Title: Greenwood biographies.
Responsibility: Gerald Horne.

Abstract:

"Carrying W.E.B. Du Bois from his birth in Massachusetts in 1868 to his death in Ghana in 1963, this concise encyclopedia covers all of the highlights of his life--his studying at Fisk, Harvard, and Berlin, his tiff with Booker T. Washington, his role with the NAACP and Pan-Africanism, his writings, his globe trotting, and his exile in Ghana. With contributions by leading scholars and a foreword by David Levering Lewis, the book provides a complete overview of Du Bois's life. Featuring the highlights of his life, the events and personalities that influenced him, his intellectual contributions, and his activism, this book provides a complete understanding of this highly influential intellectual activist. With the conclusion of the Cold War, there is the opportunity to obtain a fuller, more complete understanding of Du Bois' entire life. Providing full coverage of his latter crucial years--often ignored in earlier works--this book provides the latest scholarly insights, including a major entry by prizewinning scholar Brenda Gayle Plummer." - from publisher's website.

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