num_pages: 752
description: This monumental biography--eight years in the research and writing--treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves. 
language: English
title: W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
titlecomplete: W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
characters: W.E.B. Du Bois
genres: Classics, Social Justice, History, Philosophy, Education, Race, American History, African American, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2392
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Francis Parkman Prize, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Holt Paperbacks