W.E.B. Du Bois and race : essays celebrating the centennial publication of The souls of Black folk / edited by Chester J. Fontenot, Jr. and Mary Alice Morgan, with Sarah Gardner.
Collection of essays from a symposium held at Mercer University in March 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: on being a problem in America / Chester J. Fontenot Jr. -- W.E.B. Du Bois's view of the southwest Georgia black belt, illustrated with photographs by A. Radclyffe Dugmore / Lee W. Formwalt -- Riddle me this: Du Bois, the Sphinx, and the crisis of identity / Dolan Hubbard -- Confluence, confirmation, and conservation at the crossroads: intersecting junctures in "the interesting narrative of the life and The souls of black folk" / Wilfred D. Samuels -- Racial capitalism in a global economy: the double consciousness of black business in the economic philosophy of W.E.B Du Bois / Juliet E.K. Walker -- The sweetness of his strength: Du Bois, Teddy Roosevelt, and the black soldier / Lt. Col. Mark Braley -- W.E.B. Du Bois and the intersection of race and sex in the twenty-first century / Rufus Burrow -- The sentimental Du Bois: genre, race, and the reading public / Bill Hardwig -- As I face America: race and Africanity in Du Bois's The souls of black folk / Kwaku Larbi Korang -- W.E.B. Du Bois: more than meets the eye / Kalamu Ya Salaam.
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