Du Bois and his rivals
By: Raymond Wolters.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963; Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963 -- Friends and associates; Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963 -- Political and social views; African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African American intellectuals -- Biography; African American leadership -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "W. E. B. Du Bois was the preeminent black scholar of his era. He was also a principal founder and for twenty-eight years an executive officer of the nation's most effective civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Even though Du Bois was best known for his lifelong stance against racial oppression, he represented much more. He condemned the racism of the white world but also criticized African Americans for mistakes of their own.

He opposed segregation but had reservations about integration. Today he would be known as a pluralist.".

"In Du Bois and His Rivals, Raymond Wolters provides a distinctive biography of this great pioneer of the American civil rights movement. Readers are able to follow the outline of Du Bois's life, but the book's main emphasis is on discrete scenes in his life, especially the controversies that pitted Du Bois against his principal black rivals. He challenged Booker T. Washington because he could not abide Washington's conciliatory approach toward powerful whites.

At the same time, Du Bois's pluralism led him to oppose the leading separatists and integrationists of his day. He berated Marcus Garvey for giving up on America and urging blacks to pursue a separate destiny. He also rejected Walter White's insistence that integration was the best way to promote the advancement of black people."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface ix; title: Acknowledgments xiii; title: Introduction 1; title: One Du Bois 5; title: Two Du Bois and Booker T Washington 40; title: Three Du Bois and the National Association for; title: the Advancement of Colored People 77; title: Four Du Bois and the First World War 108; title: Five Du Bois and Marcus Garvey 143; title: SiX Du Bois and Walter White 192; title: Seven The FinalYears 240; title: Notes 255; title: Index 305.