The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America

by Du Bois, W. E. B.

• ISBN13: 9780757003196
• ISBN10: 0757003192
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-20
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Although the Civil War marked an end to slavery in the United States, it would take another fifty years to establish the country's civil rights movement. Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois was among the first generation of African-American scholars to spearhead this movement towards equality. As cofounder of the NAACP, he sought to initiate equality through social change, and as a talented writer, he created books and essays that provide a revealing glimpse into the black experience of the times. In The Gift of Black Folk-one of Du Bois' most important works-he recounts the remarkable history of African-Americans and their many unsung contributions to American society.

Author Biography

Teacher, historian, scholar, writer and activist, W.E.B. DuBois was the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard, cofounder of the Niagara Movemenet which became the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
Foreword	p. ix
Prescript	p. 3
The Black Explorers	p. 5
Black Labor	p. 13
Black Soldiers	p. 29
The Emancipation of Democracy	p. 57
The Reconstruction of Freedom	p. 81
The Freedom of Womanhood	p. 119
The American Folk Song	p. 127
Negro Art and Literature	p. 135
The Gift of the Spirit	p. 151
Postscript	p. 163
The Racial Contributions to the United States	p. 165
Notes	p. 185
Index	p. 192
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