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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fragmented and A Bit DisjointedBy ChuhalI was really expecting to hear more of Rebecca Carroll when I made this purchase (I've enjoyed her articles written for The Guardian). Yet I felt that I heard more from the voices of other scholars and contemporaries than Miss Carroll; and while the book was well-written and pensive; I didn't really feel engaged enough to finish this work.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A twenty-first century perspective on The Souls of Black FolBy The RAWSISTAZ ReviewersWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois is perhaps one of the most influential African-Americans in history. Before there was a Martin Luther King; Jr. or Malcolm X; Du Bois was a voice and conscience of a people. An intellectual; scholar and activist; Du Bois' fight for equality spanned from the era of Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. His philosophy and insight into the plight of African-Americans still reigns true and valuable today. In SAVING THE RACE: CONVERSATIONS ON DU BOIS FROM A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR OF SOULS author Rebecca Carroll gathers eighteen well-known and influential African-Americans such as: Julian Bond; A'Leila Bundles; Lalita Tademy; Toure; and Jewell Jackson McCabe to discuss their perspective on Du Bois and his most famous and studied work The Souls of Black Folk.In candid essays; each of the eighteen people; whose accomplishments range from writer to politicians; discuss their thoughts on Du Bois's work; ideology and accomplishments. They revisit issues raised in The Souls of Black Folk such as race; classism; injustices and hope. Each person reveals how the concerns raised by Du Bois nearly a century ago are still relevant today to African-Americans as a community and within their own personal lives. Rebecca Carroll also peppers the book with her personal struggles of coming to terms with being Black in America; for she was a bi-racial child raised by a White family in rural New Hampshire. At times isolated and unsure of her identity; Du Bois was one of Carroll's first and most influential personal testament to the trials and tribulations of African-Americans.I thoroughly enjoyed the testimony by the many well known African-Americans. Looking at The Souls of Black Folks from a modern perspective was refreshing and inspiring. The essays were revealing and thought provoking. Although the old adage "The more things change the more they stay the same;" reigns true in many instances; the accomplishments; hope; dignity and pride that African-Americans have managed to hang on to in the face of enormous obstacles is nothing short of a miracle.Reviewed by L. Raven Jamesof The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers