Du Bois, W. E. B. First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history, it helped to alter its course. Written after Du Bois had earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and studied in Berlin, these 14 essays contain both the academic language of sociology and the rich lyrics of African spirituals, which Du Bois calls "sorrow songs." Reissue. First published in 1903, this extraordinary work not only recorded and explained history, it helped to alter its course.…
Author: W. E. B. Du Bois · Original publisher: A. C. McClurg & Co. (Chicago) (1903)
Tier 1 — Full text hosted on this page. Public domain: first published 1903; full text freely available at Project Gutenberg. The full text is held in fulltexts/ as `8802-the-souls-of-black-folk.txt` (see fulltexts/INDEX.md).