W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual; sociologist; and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP; as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas; including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels; autobiographical accounts; innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces; and several works of history.Dusk of Dawn; published in 1940; is an explosive autobiography of the foremost African American scholar of his time. Du Bois writes movingly of his own life; using personal experience to elucidate the systemic problem of race. He reflects on his childhood; his education; and his intellectual life; including the formation of the NAACP. Though his views eventually got him expelled from the association; Du Bois continues to develop his thoughts on separate black economic and social institutions in Dusk of Dawn. Readers will find energetic essays within these pages; including insight into his developing Pan-African consciousness. With a series introduction by editor Henry Louis Gates; Jr.; and an introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah; this edition is essential for anyone interested in African American history.
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