{"product_id":"the-souls-of-black-folk-isbn-9780140189988","title":"The Souls of Black Folk","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe landmark book about being black in America, now in an expanded edition commemorating the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois’s birth and featuring a new introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist, \u003c\/i\u003eand cover art by Kadir Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America—and it remains both a touchstone in the literature of African America and a beacon in the fight for civil rights. Believing that one can know the “soul” of a race by knowing the souls of individuals, W. E. B. Du Bois combines history and stirring autobiography to reflect on the magnitude of American racism and to chart a path forward against oppression, and introduces the now-famous concepts of the color line, the veil, and double-consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This edition of Du Bois’s visionary masterpiece includes two additional essays that have become essential reading: “The Souls of White Folk,” from his 1920 book \u003ci\u003eDarkwater,\u003c\/i\u003e and “The Talented Tenth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Introduction by Donald B. Gibson\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Forethought\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. Of Our Spiritual Strivings\u003cbr\u003eII. Of the Dawn of Freedom\u003cbr\u003eIII. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others\u003cbr\u003eIV. Of the Meaning of Progress\u003cbr\u003eV. Of the Wings of Atalanta\u003cbr\u003eVI. Of the Training of Black Men\u003cbr\u003eVII. Of the Black Belt\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece\u003cbr\u003eIX. Of the Sons of Master and Man\u003cbr\u003eX. Of the Faith of the Fathers\u003cbr\u003eXI. Of the Passing of the First-Born\u003cbr\u003eXII. Of Alexander Crummell\u003cbr\u003eXIII. Of the Coming of John\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Of the Sorrow Songs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Afterthought\u003cbr\u003eNotes by Monica M. Elbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“I was assigned this book of essays in college and it was transformative for me as a person and a writer. Du Bois captures the complexity and the interiority of what it’s like to be black in the United States, and even though it was written more than a century ago, the way Du Bois writes makes it feel like he wrote this book last year.” —\u003cb\u003eTomi Adeyemi, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChildren of Blood and Bone, \u003c\/i\u003ein the \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A work that is still relevant today . . . Vividly depict[s] what it was like to be black . . . Many of the ideas that Du Bois outlined in the book still endure. . . . [A book] for anyone who wants to understand America.” —\u003cb\u003eLynn Neary, NPR’s \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e is] the foundation on which Du Bois built a lifetime of ideas, and on which the black and antiracist intelligentsia continues to build today. . . . In 1903 . . . black newspapers . . . typically shouted in unison, ‘SHOULD BE READ AND STUDIED BY EVERY PERSON, WHITE AND BLACK.’ . . . And today it still SHOULD BE READ AND STUDIED BY EVERY PERSON.” —\u003cb\u003eIbram X. Kendi, from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois\u003c\/b\u003e (1868–1963) was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He attended public schools there prior to attending Fisk University, where he received his BA degree in 1888. Thereafter he received a second BA degree, and an MA and PhD from Harvard. He studied at the University of Berlin as well. He taught at Wilberforce University and the University of Pennsylvania before going to Atlanta University in 1897, where he taught for many years. A sociologist, historian, poet, and writer of several novels, Du Bois was one of the main founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was a lifelong critic of American society and an advocate of black people against racial injustice. He spent his last years in Ghana, where he died in exile at the age of ninety-five.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbram X. Kendi \u003c\/b\u003e(introduction) is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. A contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and a CBS News correspondent, he is a coeditor, with Keisha N. Blain, of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eFour Hundred Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of many other books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Black Campus Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the W. E. B. Du Bois Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction; and three #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers: \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,\u003c\/i\u003e co-authored with Jason Reynolds; and \u003ci\u003eAntiracist Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky. A MacArthur Fellow and one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Kendi lives in Boston, Massachusetts.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299961491685,"sku":"NP9780140189988","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140189988.jpg?v=1767741597","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-souls-of-black-folk-isbn-9780140189988","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}